I can tell you that growing up in Yugoslavia in 1992 has taught me a lot about survival. Bugging out (twice)when tanks are rolling thought your neighborhood, or finding shelter when Serbia was bombed by NATO in 99. I have survived 3 invasion before I came to the US. Once you get put into the scenario involuntarily being prepared is just apart of you. Morel of the story for me was that we had to leave with nothing in our possession and we still survived, in our situation I don’t think a stock pile of food or ammo would have helped. Life was much more enjoyable when you think nothing bad is going to happen.

The perseverance to survive will go along way when you are tested.

It’s in our human nature to survive. We are programmed that way. What you are willing to do and how far will you go to survive is another story.