How do navy seals control fear

Instead, use it. Embrace it. Make it your ally. The challenge is real, not false, but it is its own size, and no larger, and you are up to the task.

The gut is where your intuition resides, deep down inside. The only way to build your intuition and to make its voice pipe up is by exercising it. Know that you might not get it right every time. This is a good thing. Their secret is what psychologist call habituation. You get used to it.

This is mind over matter situation. It works standing over a putt on the 18th green. It works shooting a final-second free throw. It works banging down a door with a bad guy on the other side. You want to excel in all the physical areas, but the physical is just a prerequisite to be a SEAL. Jennifer Liu. The more you hide from it, the bigger it gets. Don't allow that to happen. VIDEO My mind, breathing, and time slowed as I felt my way through the malfunction checklist.

Suddenly my reserve chute caught enough air before I hit the ground unscathed. Despite the chaos, a SEAL is trained to focus with single-mindedness on the immediate threat and dispatch one target at a time.

Excessive thinking would have killed me. My unconscious competence combined with relentless training saved my life. Two hours into my five-hour diving mission, water gushed around my face. I could breathe but was blind. I fumbled through the standard operating procedures to clear the mask but to no avail.

My teammate took over. After my frustration and fear had dissipated, I slowed my breathing and held my breath at the inhale and exhale. Suddenly we came to a halt. A miserable three hours felt like an enjoyable 45 minutes just through focused breathing. Visualize success.