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I stay calm

Posted by Tracy Y on 9/7/2005, 15:38:20, in reply to "Re: On being a SEAL...."
It's such a trip. I've had people think that I just don't care when someone's been really hurt badly and I'm just calm as can be.

I DO care, and I do feel the emotion part of it, but the emotion comes later. But it never takes over.

It's like I'm in complete control and I can't help it. But it's only in intense situations or when I'm under a lot of pressure. In the everyday situation, I'm not that way at all.

It's made me uncomfortable more times than I can count because people will always ask me, "Aren't you upset at all??" And I think, "Well yeah, but if I get upset right now, I won't be able to do what I need to do, whether it's getting the right help, or figuring out what to do, or whatever." But I think even if I tried to get upset in an intense situation, I couldn't do it. My body just won't let go until things calm down.

It's weird.


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