Fear The Walking Dead Survival Rule: Our Best Strength/Weakness

In A Zombie Apocalypse, Our Connections Are What Help Keep Us Going.

It doesn’t take much to imagine a zombie apocalypse being a very bleak world to live in — Civilization has crumbled, most of the population is dead…or undead, the world you’ve grown familiar with is in ruins, and every day is a life-or-death struggle — and, as such, it also wouldn’t take much to see that bleak existence be soul-crushingly depressing, so much so that even suicide may appear viable. This is, obviously, something you do not want.

So, with this being a legitimate danger you need to stay on top of, it’s important to have things that keep you connected to the world. Friends, neighbors, family, loved ones, the people you survive with, having these connections is vital to surviving the apocalypse, and the more of them you have, the better protected you potentially are.

You see, without any connections, friends, family, whatever, you may wonder why you’re bothering hanging around in a zombie-infested world, dwelling on questions of what your future will look like in the crippling solitude of the apocalypse. This is the proverbial staring contest with the abyss. When you have connections, however, you are motivated to carry on for the people you care about that are still around. You want to keep going to help them survive and, if possible, create a future for them, even if it’s one you may not get to see.

People can scoff at having emotional connections in a zombie apocalypse. Still, I see it as a strength, something to help encourage and motivate you to fight on in the face of the world you find yourself in, something to give you purpose. I believe that the absence of such connections, ultimately, becomes a weakness, opening the door to madness, despair, and death. It’s important to connect with people in the apocalypse so that you can have something to fight for, rather than isolating yourself and letting it slowly rot your mind.

And that’s our Walking Dead Survival Rule Of The Week! Our emotions are a complex thing in a zombie apocalypse. If directed towards connecting with the people around us and the people we care about, they can be one of our greatest strengths. But, if allowed to dominate our actions, or become exploitable, they can become our greatest weakness. If you don’t want them to become your weakness in the apocalypse, why not pick up my book, The Rules: A Guide To Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse! You can also get it at Amazon here, on iTunes here!