Situational Awareness and Self-Awareness are different parts of the same problem-solving dilemma.
While almost everyone mentions “situational awareness” during self-defense education, rarely is “self-awareness” discussed.
IMO situational awareness without good self-awareness doesn’t work.
There are lots of examples of people who saw things that weren’t right but couldn’t make sense of the evidence or the danger. In these examples, situational awareness was irrelevant. Their internal self-talk didn’t lead them to safety.
Self-Awareness During High-Risk Scenarios is Critical.
As I alluded to above, self-awareness is also self-talk, the little voice in your head.
Your inner voice needs to be your inner coach.
But it must be the right self-talk.
For example:
“We’re all going to die!!” is not the message you want your inner voice to be screaming, right? 😱😉
Remember, on ‘game day’, there’s no time for more training – you’re as good as you can be – for now.
The Case For [Functional] Self-Awareness.
It’s ‘self-awareness’ that:
– notices a physiological change (fear spike) and then the requisite self-talk that helps us regulate our state (controlling our breathing, etc.).
– notices that we’re in the fear loop and hesitating.
– leads to self-talk that helps us to choose courage.
– commands us to strategize when we’re in danger (run, barricade, attack the attacker, etc.).
About Situational Awareness
Situational awareness helps us spot the problem, but it doesn’t guarantee we will act.
What we do next requires a deeper connection to how we think and coach ourselves.
I’ll dig into this more on Monday!
Have a great and safe weekend!
Coach B
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