> In an emergency, that whole tangle of self-absorption lifts, because "what needs to be done" is usually so obvious that nobody, not even my inner critic, could reasonably disagree. For a certain kind of person – and I'm definitely one of them – this total absence of ambivalence feels freeing, even disconcertingly elating, never mind the fact that what's unfolding around me is unquestionably bad.
As someone else who runs toward disasters, this really resonates.
Me too. I’ve never thought about it this way before but it resonates. I like being involved in an operational incident. Everyone is focused on one problem that must be solved.
As someone else who runs toward disasters, this really resonates.