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How brave are you?

Alice

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    Do you stare death in the face and laugh, or do you hide in the corner at any sign of danger? (Or maybe something in between...)

    I'm afraid of spiders, but I wouldn't hesitate to tackle someone who has a gun. I'm just cool like that.
     
    I'm not a brave person at all. I rehearse situations in my head and I'm all brave, but then when it actually comes around I back down. I hate this about myself, I want to be braver.
     
    QuilavaKing said:
    I wouldn't hesitate to tackle someone who has a gun. I'm just cool like that.
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    Let's put that to the test!

    Anyway, I like to think that I'm confident, and when I think of situations, I always seem to think I'd cope OK (like your example), yet when it actually happens, I probably would try to avoid it. One example - doing an improvised sort of song in front of a crowd. Earlier that day, I thought "I'll do it, it'll be fun". A minute before I actually did it - "Oh my god, I'm panicking, I'm panicking! I can't think, I can't think!"
     
    It depends on the situation. I'd say about 80% brave, but still, there are things I just won't do.
     
    Like some other people have said, it depends. Sometimes I am, sometimes I'm not, usually I'm too lazy about it, but if I'm not there's a good chance I'll do it.
     
    In my dreams, I'm always brave. Last night I dreamt a car was about to explode, so I grabbed this guy next to me and threw him in a huge puddle, thinking the water and my own body would protect us/him. The puddle was only about a foot deep, so I didn't get any protection at all and just tried to shield my face from the oncoming rush of fire.

    In my waking life, I'm much less valiant. I guess I can be decisive when the time is right, but I'm kind of fight-or-flight about it. I couldn't coolly stare down someone with a gun, but I could rally the courage to tackle them.
     
    It depends some times I'll be scared, but I will fight someone if they start it.
     
    I'm quite a timid person, and sometimes can't sleep when I think of scary things. I'm a bit of a scardey cat.
     
    Banjora Marxvile said:
    Let's put that to the test!
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    Haha, yeah... it's hard to know what you'll do until it actually happens. I just try to tell myself how to handle it, hope that I actually do that. In theory, I wouldn't be scared at all... but who knows.
     
    I hate speaking in public, answering phones, looking people in the eye, and confrontation in general. I have to work pretty hard to smile at people, socialize, shake hands, and go out in public. But I do it, eventually. I don't know if that makes me brave despite my shyness or what. I'm just glad I have a computer to hide behind.
     
    I'm somewhere between brave and not brave. For instance, I'm willing to go on roller coasters, even though I don't want to, but I'm still scared of cockroaches.
     
    Not very brave at all, it feels like. I hardly stand up for myself, let alone others. It takes me ages to do things or go places I don't usually go to, which is completely silly. If I were threatened by anyone I'd probably curl up in a ball and cry. I'm such a wimp. :(
     
    I'm reasonably brave. Moving out of my parents' house forced me to handle many things I would've been hesitant to before. There's not really any social situation that makes me uncomfortable, even though I'm not incredibly talkative. I've hung out and dealt with rough types sparingly and I've developed enough of a diplomatic/easygoing personality that I've never faced a threatening situation in my life. Because of this, if I was mugged or attacked out of the blue, I don't know how things would pan out because my reaction speed doesn't really own.
     
    I'm moderately brave(?). But, situations can also influence my bravery. If I don't want to go on a particular amusement park ride, but everyone else want to really really go on it, I do them a favor. If a situation demands me to be brave, then I will. Otherwise, I prefer being in the shadows lol. :D; But yeah, I can do a reasonable amount of brave things.
     
    "Do you stare death in the face and laugh"

    *begins old man storytelling*

    You know, the closest I've come to death was a few days ago during the weekend. I was at a crossing and the lights had turned amber but the red man was still showing. The middle and the lane furthest from me had stationary traffic. A friend from the opposite side of the crossing begins walking. There's no traffic on the lane nearest to me, so I start crossing too. I get around 3/4 of crossing the first lane and this white van speeding at like 40 mph suddenly blares his horn at me when he's like 5 metres away from me. I didn't even realize I was in danger until he used his horn. I literally only just had time to see it from the corner of my eye and then my reflexes kicked in and I barely did a forward dash to the middle lane. The van didn't even bother slowing down and just sped away after brushing the back of my coat. It was fortunate I was rocking my sunglasses otherwise I might have had the "deer caught in headlights" effect where too many photons enter the eye and the mind cannot process all the information quick enough, thereby delaying the response for the body to react. Had I turned my head fully to see the van properly or had my reactions been even a fraction of a second longer, I would have been run over. At the very least, I would have been hospitalized but most likely, it would have been an instant death. After the near miss, I continued crossing the road and put a hand over my face and started laughing quietly to myself. I'm a bit mad like that.

    Anyway I train with different Senseis. But they say the same thing in regards to the following situation. They tell me if I get into a confrontation - especially if the opponent is armed with a knife or something - I should run as fast as I can in the opposite direction. Run away and live to fight another day. It doesn't matter if people call me a coward, at least I'm still alive.

    I'm also told that if escape is not an option, use whatever force is necessary to protect myself from harm. If the situation demands it, I will fight with everything I have. I suppose I'm fairly brave when it comes to some things, but cowardly when it comes to others.
     
    I am not scared of death, i am not scared of spiders or bugs and i am not scared of what people think of me, if some one had a gun to my head, i would just fight them anyway, does that count as been brave?
     
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