Fear The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Who Do You Want To Be?
By Liam O'Leary
Fear the Walking Dead season 7
The apocalypse reveals who you are.
I’ve often said that a zombie apocalypse brings out the best and the worst in us.
I say this because crises have a tendency to bring out peoples’ true characters. Dire situations either inspire determination, bravery, and fortitude, or panic, cowardice, and selfishness. In some cases, you see parents lifting cars to rescue their trapped children, and in others, you find people abandoning loved ones to a terrible fate in an attempt to save themselves.
We all have our own ideas of who we would be in a time of crisis, but we don’t really know if those ideas would bear out until we’re forced to face such a crisis.
We can’t really test this because no amount of tests can create a genuine reaction. If we have even the slightest inkling that there is no real jeopardy, and the idea of creating a situation in which there are real stakes that would garner a proper crisis reaction is psychotic.
On top of everything else, what we may discover about ourselves in such a crisis, may shatter our image of who we are, leaving us questioning our ability to do what our friends and loved ones need us to do or racking us with guilt.
Luckily, if this is the case, it can be rectified, as failures in crises can also make us determined not to repeat our mistakes and inspire us to become better.
A zombie apocalypse will present a true reflection of who we are, and we need to be ready in case we don’t like what it shows.