Once the general idea, the prerequisites and the constraints (article number 1 here), we will be able to determine a training scheme (theoretical), and rely on a documentary base - which I strongly encourage you to read, study, annotate ...

What is the blueprint? To determine it you must first define the essential: who are you? What are you willing to do to safeguard the lives for which you are responsible and, incidentally, yours? The answer is very simple: everything! You are a predator. Your body, your psyche, all the achievements that have allowed the survival of our species have shaped the human to make a machine dedicated to the survival and perpetuation of its species. It's ordinary. But it's essential: you are a war machine.

Obviously your lifestyle (in its entirety - food, social, professional ...) does not put you (or very rarely and certainly not in France - not for now) in a situation of struggle for your survival or to meet to your primary needs. We will start with a word. A simple word: resilience. Your ability to withstand shocks.

We will therefore focus on reading a little:

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  1 Combat Psychology
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  2 Combat Psychology - Stress

Well. You understand the main springs. You have acquired a knowledge base to be able to "resist" and remain operational despite adversity. Comfortably installed at home, of course, it's quite simple to tackle. It is less so when you find yourself in a city in ruins, without access to water and or the only emotional support possible for those around you ... It's you! It is at this moment that this memory of your readings will be necessary. Obviously, nothing prevents you from "modeling" in your mind the different scenarios that you might be faced with.  

Now, and while your only option is victory (or rather survival in any case), let's imagine that the emotional upheaval you felt during the collapse of your world can be used as a weapon. Yes, a (the) psychological weapon, through a set of techniques, protocols, measures ... Remember your state of despondency when you understood that you will never perceive any more how "before" and you will understand any the power of such a weapon.

To "dig" the subject, we will start with an official document, edited by the French armies:

Principle of psychological warfare

This document (more than complete) is at the scale of employment of an army, or, in any case, of a constituted troop. It is up to you to adapt the diagrams presented to your own situation. With the thought that the will to survive is inherent to our species.

Enjoy reading, see you next week!