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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 3:05 am
(October 17, 2015 at 1:15 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: How long have you been doing this job? The fear may dissipate with time.
I've only done the night shifts a few times. A guaranteed way of getting over the fear is calling someone on the phone while I'm walking around. I have considered it might go with time.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 3:08 am
I think it will go with time once you experience enough times that have been safe and you begin to feel secure about it.
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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 3:13 am
(October 17, 2015 at 3:21 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: That type of fear has definitely faded in me over the years. I big part of that may be that I've been a scuba instructor and a professional boat captain - both occupations that place a high premium on being level-headed. I've had it drilled into me that safety is always best served by cool analysis of a situation and calm, effective action informed by that analysis. I tend to push reactionary fear down as a result. I'm sure age has a bit to do with it too.
I think the kind of fear you're talking about is different. It seems to me that the fears you're talking about would be the occupational hazards of the job that you have been trained to avoid and trained to deal with if they do arise.
My fear has more in common with strider's situation, being alone in a spooky atmosphere, where there's usually no actual reasonable thing to be afraid of.
One of my worst thoughts is what if I just saw some old haggered looking woman stood out there in the rain, or I just heard a child's voice saying "Help me Paul".
If there was an actual person there breaking in and I discovered the criminal I'd probably be actually relieved beyond belief that it is just an criminal and not the ghost of an old woman or some other weird being.
This is what makes it so odd is that in the daytime I have no belief at all in ghosts and demonic beings, but I think I've just watched too many horror films basically.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 3:33 am
So you're very suggestible.
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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 3:37 am
My biggest fear, weird that it is, is to be catatonic but awake while being autopsied.
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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 3:42 am
My biggest fear is to be kept alive and tortured for many many years.
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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 9:09 am
(October 18, 2015 at 3:37 am)Beccs Wrote: My biggest fear, weird that it is, is to be catatonic but awake while being autopsied. Why would they autopsy someone who is catatonic, but not dead?
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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 9:10 am
(October 18, 2015 at 3:42 am)Evie Wrote: My biggest fear is to be kept alive and tortured for many many years.
Oh, like the "Sloth" guy in the movie "Seven".
THAT is the type of punishment I wish I could visit on the worst people in society.
In many cases, I feel that the death penalty is too good for some people.
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RE: fear
October 18, 2015 at 9:13 am
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(October 18, 2015 at 3:13 am)paulpablo Wrote: (October 17, 2015 at 3:21 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: That type of fear has definitely faded in me over the years. I big part of that may be that I've been a scuba instructor and a professional boat captain - both occupations that place a high premium on being level-headed. I've had it drilled into me that safety is always best served by cool analysis of a situation and calm, effective action informed by that analysis. I tend to push reactionary fear down as a result. I'm sure age has a bit to do with it too.
I think the kind of fear you're talking about is different. It seems to me that the fears you're talking about would be the occupational hazards of the job that you have been trained to avoid and trained to deal with if they do arise.
My fear has more in common with strider's situation, being alone in a spooky atmosphere, where there's usually no actual reasonable thing to be afraid of.
One of my worst thoughts is what if I just saw some old haggered looking woman stood out there in the rain, or I just heard a child's voice saying "Help me Paul".
If there was an actual person there breaking in and I discovered the criminal I'd probably be actually relieved beyond belief that it is just an criminal and not the ghost of an old woman or some other weird being.
This is what makes it so odd is that in the daytime I have no belief at all in ghosts and demonic beings, but I think I've just watched too many horror films basically.
you know what? In the darkest, bleakest, most depressing, or creepy situations, I think of this song,
and I find it impossible not to think of sunny, clear blue skies and white sand beaches, lol:
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