Military - P.O.W. Survival Guide
by
Dennis Gersten, M.D.
Mental Home Base
Developing a Mental Home Base will aid you immeasurably in all times of stress.
Before I tell you how to create that, let's take a minute to look at how the
average mind works.
Most of us have about 5 random thoughts per 30 seconds. That translates into 10
thoughts per minute . . . 600 per hour. As a P.O.W. you could easily spend sixteen
to twenty hours a day with nothing but your own mind to protect and entertain you.
And that translates into 9,600 to 12,000 random thoughts per day!
Chances are that Saddam is going to do his best to make those 9,600 thoughts rather
upsetting and negative . . . to say the least. I am not about to propose a lesson
in positive thinking. Rather I want to help you come up with your own Home BaseŅa
mental state that you can come back to over and over again no matter what is
happening to you. These techniques are intentionally simple. But don't be deceived
by their simplicity. They come out of my sixteen years as a doctor. They're
proven . . . they work. All I ask is that you keep an open mind. What I hope to
help you accomplish through this program is for you to learn to turn on your
imagination. Your imagination will be your greatest ally.
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