How well do you handle yourself in a crisis ?

I tend to "freeze" for a while right after encountering a crisis. I rationalize, ask too many "whys and how comes", think too much, regret, wonder. I let out the emotions later after some initial feelings of denial. But i also break down, depending on the impact of certain crisis over me. It is indeed amazing to discover how much strength we have when we become grips of loved ones who are undergoing crisis. We become like a channel of comfort and strength to them. Some people feel drained after this, but i think doing this to a friend increases our capacity to handle our own crisis so well. I have been through break ups, job loss, loss of loved ones, financial troubles, etc...and what "warns" me from loosing my logical reasoning and giving in to emotions are the past expereinces of friends and relatives who have been through what i am going through at that moment. I then comfort myself at the thought that "they have gotten over it, so will i" or "there is a soluton to this, like there has been to theirs before." Then i calm down and begin to think of what to do, just a little after allowing myself to be human, to express emotions, for a while.

I am not a take charge person but I can manage ok in a crisis situation . Sometimes are harder then others but I think I do ok . I don't like when something happens to my pets but after we get over feeling bad we move on .

I am very calm in a crisis in that if something happens, I totally detatch myself from my emotions until I know that my family and I are out of danger. Maybe after things have settled, I'll let my emotions out and feel all that stuff one typically feels during a crisis, but for now when something goes on, I am as calm as anything.

I think i am good in a crisis situation . I don't cry and I don't break down . I think I handle it better then others I know . Maybe it is that woman get more upset then men do and we don't break down as easy and we can handle situations better the woman .