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Healthy Paranoia...
My criminal justice doctor says that he has a healthy dose of Healthy Paranoia, and I am wondering is mine healthy or unhealthy? Its something that crosses my mind on rare occasions when I am thinking about different scenarios that I play through my head. This is something I got into the habbit of doing while on a personal security detachment duty in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I think well if that happens I can move there, etc.
Then sometimes I catch myself and think am I too paranoid? I have a selection of PDW which are all tools for various jobs. All of this comes to my mind as something I also like to shoot, but makes me wonder, am I too paranoid? The people I know are of the opinion that I am, but any time that anything has happened they all look to me to take the lead so it isn't too awful bad.
I go where I want to go (I have no reason to go places that are really rough or anything, so I don't go there) and I am alert while there. If something feels wrong, I don't think about it, I get up and leave most of the time. This has happened on very rare occasions, and I don't really second guess it. Gut instinct is the sub councious telling the councious that I have missed something that may be a bad situation and I can't nail it down. Waiting can have unhealthy consquences.
So is a person that has a few firearms, each for different use, a small stockpile of food and supplies, and adequate medical supplies (ymmv) paranoid, or just doing what is smart, and which the government has asked us to do and be prepared? Where do you folks draw the line? Do you ever stop and think, no I don't need bottled water, or nah I don't think I'll carry today because the water won't go off today and I won't be caught at the stop and rob at the wrong time.
Just wanted to discuss it with a few other folks. This is a good forum to do it in a way, because I feel a little odd bringing it up to most people. I'm not a survivalist nut, I have a tech addiction and can't live without my cable news and discovery channel, but well it just was something I was thinking about... All views are very welcome.
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