- I'm fine. Yeah, aside from the not sleeping, the jumpiness, the constant overwhelming crushing fear that something terrible is about to happen. - It's called hyper vigilance. The persistent feeling of being under threat. - It's not just a feeling though. It's like it's a panic attack. You know, I can't even breathe. - Like you're drowning? - Yeah. - So, if you're drowning and you're trying to keep your mouth closed until that very last moment. But if you choose to not open your mouth, to not let the water in. - You do it anyway. It's a reflex. - But if you hold off until that reflex kicks in. You have more time, right? - Not much time. - But more time to fight your way to the surface. - I guess. - More time to be rescued. - More time to be in agonizing pain. Did you forget about the part where you feel like your head's exploding? - If it's about survival, isn't a little agony worth it? - What if it just gets worse. What if it's agony now and then... then it's just hell later on? - Then think about what Winston Churchill once said: If you're going through hell... keep going.