My comments were not intended to offend anyone and if I did, I do apologize. I am just making a general comment about people that you would look at and think- Yeah this person wont make it. Try it sometime, next time you are out with a bunch of people, look at them and ask yourself, will this person survive in that physical condition?
Think about this Kodiak... If you are not someone who is prepared and has some sort of a food stash, how could you help someone who was just as hungry as you are? ( I am not saying this to you directly, when I say "you" I mean people in the third party)
If a person is not prepared to take care of himself, how can he offer to help anyone else? If we are going to have the discussion we do need to be realistic about it because that realty is what drives US to be prepared. Americans will stick together and its in our DNA to help each other but you can't help anyone when you are the one who needs help.
When I talk to like minded folks one of the things I see is, they don't exercise a lot of thought in what everything outside their bubble will be like... The conversation is always.. Well I am going to do this and that, and have 6 months of toilet paper and this big gun and shoot pigs and eat mushrooms.... Yeah ok whatever but try to imagine what the rest of society will look like? Picture dead people, vacant streets, businesses all looted.... That is the psychological part that no one really considers or most have ever had to deal with. Only 1% of Americans will have ever served in the military and only 1/5th of them will have ever seen combat and combat shows you a society that has been completely turned up-side-down.
Surviving is not just about your stash and physical well-being. The mental part will be really hard to deal with as well. What are your plans for mental health when things get ugly? Try to imagine everything you have ever known does not exist anymore. No more going out to dinner, no more going to the store to buy whatever... No more good Cigars... and that bottle of rum you have... Its going to be the last you will ever drink.
Talk to a combat vet and ask them what its like. Some of you may have experienced it yourselves... A hard day in combat was usually ended with some MCI rations or MRE's, we always had food... but a lot of the local people around us either had zero or very little to eat. When there is no electricity, keeping any fresh food is near impossible. Walking along a road seeing dead people in the streets and seeing little kids malnourished really screws with your head. Even when you sleep you cant get away from it. My own father suffered from PTSD and just watching him deal with the demons was heart braking. It literally destroyed him 5 years after his last tour. I was lucky, I was able to to keep my empathy in check. Him.. Well he is not here anymore.
Whats in your bug out bag that will help keep your feet on the ground? At the very least you should have something that plays some music.
If you are big, fat, heavy, whatever.. The best thing you can do for yourself is take care of yourself. I was turning into a bit of a fat ass myself, gained 30 pounds since I left the military and when I looked in the mirror one day I thought to myself you are turning into one of those people you see and think wont make it. It scared the hell out of me. So, I did the easy stuff, I stopped eating wheat and other grains, started using truvia to sweeten my coffee, and just focused on eating meat and veg and the weight poured off.. Its amazing how unhealthy the food around us is.. God I was such a bread and pasta lover and now I look at it as being something to eat as a last resort before bugs. Surprisingly, I don't miss it.
Being fit in body actually helps your mind stay fit and that's something that is really important when the stress is unimaginable.