Paine - The Preppers Guide to the End of the World

The Preppers Guide to the End of the World

A Collection of 8 Best-Selling Survival Guides

By Robert Paine

2014

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Table of Contents

Prepping 101 : A Beginners Survival Guide

Introduction

Have you watched the news lately? Most people would agree that the world has become a pretty scary place. There are natural disasters on an almost daily basis, we are running out of natural resources, our food is full of chemicals, and the ozone looks like Swiss cheese. There are threats of wars, terrorist attacks and jokes about zombie's taking over. The world economy is crumbling and we certainly can't depend on the government to help us out. They've shut down until they come to some sort of agreement over a hundred different issues on their plates, and, (let's be real here) the government hasn't agreed on much of anything since the Declaration of Independence was first signed. It's enough to send a person into a panic, isn't it?

If you are reading this, then you are among one of the many who are interested in learning how to protect yourself and your family from any and all of the inevitable disasters that could potentially happen. Welcome to the Survivor Family. We are a unique group of people. Some people call us Survivalists, Paranoid Crackpots, Doomsday Preppers, or Patriots. Whatever you may want to call yourself, if you're reading this, you are on the first step to becoming an Emergency Prepared Survivor (EPS).

If this is the first time you are reading anything about Emergency Preparation, the first thing you need to know is: Don't Panic. Being calm and using your training is one of the best weapons you have, but common sense is often the first thing people lose in an emergency situation.

Being prepared is really not as complicated as a lot of people make it out to be. This beginners guide will take you step-by-step through the process of preparing for anything from a simple power outage to what you need to do to be prepared to evacuate your home and live outdoors indefinitely. At the end of this book, you will find a list of supplementary books I highly recommend to purchase. No one book will ever cover the dozens of things youd hope to know in a survival situation, and anyone that tells you otherwise simply wants you to buy something. Take a look at the recommend books, if you wish, and I suggest you read them before you need them. For now, all you need to know is the most basic of survival skills: Thinking like a survivor, and learning how to obtain water, shelter, fire and food the four basics survival needs. You'll learn what tools you need and what to do in case of a basic medical emergency, as well as two of the most common forms of communication in survival situations.

Needing to know what to do in an emergency situation is a lot easier if you've studied the basics before the actual emergency occurs. In the next chapters, you will find the fundamental rules of basic survival, put in simple terms that even the most novice of beginners can understand and implement. For the more experienced EPS, this book may seem extraordinarily simple; however, you may find a few nuggets of wisdom, or a new method you've never thought about in quite the same way and, remember, we all had to start somewhere! As the saying goes, knowledge is power, and the more knowledge you accumulate, the more powerful your arsenal of survival techniques will be.

Some of you may be wondering what qualifies me, of all people, to be teaching you about survival. I grew up in a Survivor Family. My father taught me and my brothers, since the time we were born, how to survive in a vast majority of situations. He wanted to make sure that, if anything were to ever happen to him, that we could all take care of ourselves. With over twenty years of camping trips, Scouts, and Search and Rescue training, I've learned a thing or two about how to live and survive with minimal modern conveniences and supplies. As an avid reader, I've gained even more knowledge of various aspects of survival over the years, and I learn more every day from other EPS's.

That being said, I'm not the most prepared person on the planet. I don't live up in the mountains in a remote cabin a thousand miles from my nearest neighbor. I'm not writing to you from an underground bunker somewhere, waiting for the world to explode. I imagine I am just like most of my readers. I live in a simple home, doing the best I can to protect my family just in case the worst-case scenario actually happens. Because it has happened to other people and it could happen to you to.

Chapter 1: The Psychology of Survival

A New Way of Thinking

The best EPS is someone who can analyze a situation, adapt to a situation and act accordingly. For some people, these skills come naturally, but for most of us, it requires a new way of thinking. Human beings are creatures of habit and this is especially true of our methods of mental processing and behavior. In an emergency situation, you need to learn how to think like a survivor. It's best to begin thinking in terms of survival before you actually need to, so that you have the time you need to adjust to a new way of living.

You may be asking yourself, what it is you are supposed to be adjusting to? The answer is simple. Learning to survive is about learning to live without everything you have grown to depend on to always be there. Being forced to live without the everyday comforts we are used to can create a lot of stress on a person, physically, emotionally and mentally. Before you will understand psychological reactions in a survival setting, it is important to know how stress affects people.

Stress is not a disease that you cure, but is something that needs to be eliminated from your everyday life. Its not something you can avoid completely in life, but there are certainly ways you can most effectively deal with it. It is a condition we all experience on some level or another. Stress is simply a reaction to pressure around us. Stress is just a word we use to describe the experiences we have in response to lifes many tensions.

We need stress because it helps us to respond appropriately to certain situations. Stress provides us with challenges. It lets us know that something important is happening that we need to deal with. It gives us chances to learn about our values and strengths. How we handle stress shows us how we handle pressure and how we can succeed. Stress tests our adaptability. Contrary to popular belief, it is not always a negative thing. Stress can be a motivating force in your life, if you allow it to be. We need to have some stress in our lives, to keep us on our toes. The goal is to have stress, but not an excess of it. Too much stress can take its toll on people mentally and physiologically. Too much stress leads to distress. Distress causes an uncomfortable tension that we try to escape and avoid. Listed below are a few of the common signs of distress you may find in yourself or others.

- Angry outbursts.

- Low energy level.

- Constant worrying.

- Trouble getting along with others.

- Hiding from responsibilities.

- Carelessness.

- Forgetfulness.

- Depression and Withdrawal

- Making too many mistakes

- Difficulty making decisions.

Stress can be destructive if you let it. Or it can motivate you. It can encourage or discourage, and make life meaningful or meaningless. In a survival situation, you choose whether you will live or die. It is your ability to manage the stresses you will encounter that determines how successful you will be. A survivor is a person who works with the stress they encounter and who lets it build them up instead of break them down.