{"id":86554,"date":"2026-03-07T03:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=86554"},"modified":"2026-03-07T03:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:43:25","slug":"stress-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/stress-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress Under Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.offgridweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iStock-1222597733-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"stress after emergency\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offgridweb.com\/preparation\/stress-under-fire\/\">Stress Under Fire<\/a><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mental Preparation for Emergencies<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>I\u2019ve spent over three decades as a prepper and nearly as long as a therapist, most recently working with first responders. Most of us believe we will not be mentally impacted by emergencies, stress, and survival situations, but stress has a way of surprising you. It\u2019s not a matter of being \u201ctough enough\u201d to not let it affect you. I\u2019ve worked with combat experienced infantry, seasoned first responders, paratroopers, and more in my therapy office. If it were simply a matter of \u201cbeing strong,\u201d I would not be needed.<\/h2>\n<h2>I\u2019ve seen firsthand how emergencies don\u2019t just test our gear \u2014 they test our bodies and minds. Whether you\u2019re a firefighter racing to a burning building, an EMT arriving at a fatal car accident, or a homesteader facing a natural disaster, stress \u2014 and your body\u2019s response to it \u2014 is part of the equation.<\/h2>\n<h2>Prepping isn\u2019t just about stockpiling supplies. It\u2019s about preparing ourselves mentally and emotionally for the storms we know will come. And it is about knowing how to help yourself recover when you have been impacted by stressful events or emergencies.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offgridweb.com\/preparation\/stress-under-fire\/\"><strong>RTWT @ Off-Grid Web<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress Under Fire Mental Preparation for Emergencies &nbsp; I\u2019ve spent over three decades as a prepper and nearly as long as a therapist, most recently working with first responders. Most of us believe we will not be mentally impacted by emergencies, stress, and survival situations, but stress has a way of surprising you. It\u2019s not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[387,74,2086,84,8486,398,399,2161,496],"tags":[373,5823,17851],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86554"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86558,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86554\/revisions\/86558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}