Why Do People Survive

It is rare for the average person to be in a life or death survival situation, but it is not impossible. Usually when a person is in a situation as such, they go into a fight or flight state; although, sometimes you literally cannot run away from the problem or hazard. There are stories of people who sacrifice so much to live another day. I suppose that if other people were put in similar situations, they would do the same. Almost everyone values their life enough to go to any extent to survive.
There are many survival stories that leave you in awe of what people do and for how long to survive. For instance, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates went on an average hiking/mountain climbing trip. Unfortunately, Joe had slipped and broke his leg. Somehow, …show more content…
35-year-old Ricky McGee, Australian local, was driving down a road when he saw an upcoming hitchhiker. He gave the suspicious man a ride when he claims that moments later he drugged him. The man left him in the outback of Australia. McGee says he followed a stream and ate leeches and grasshoppers for the long time that he was there. Eventually, he wondered onto private property when the owner spotted him and was terrified. The land owner says he was talking with a human skeleton. Leeches and grasshoppers aren’t exactly part of an ideal “three month diet” plan.
These people are alive today because of their own sweat, blood, and tears. They worked hard to stay live. The reason they actually lived was because they were mentally stable enough to think about how they still wanted to be alive. They did not give up because their life was on the line. Simpson didn’t know if he would be found but he still dragged himself for five miles. Mcgee did not know that the stream would lead him onto private property. Both of these men continued because they were determined to stay alive. People will actually work harder than they do any other day to stay