The word survival is used to indicate the ability to survive that any type of living being can possess.
Normally we apply it when we manage to survive a certain event that precisely put our life in danger, such is the case of an earthquake, attacks, a fire, a shipwreck, among other serious events; more symbolically when we want to refer to continuing to live after the death of a close person; or to the situation of having to live in very adverse conditions and without any type of resources.
Dangers threaten existence
In most cases, however, it is used to refer to specific situations in which the possibility of continuing to live is threatened by different dangers and both external and internal agents. Survival is one of the most characteristic elements of living beings and has to do with the desire that we all have to continue living and avoid all those situations or circumstances that may affect our lives.
The survival instinct is natural
Survival is one of the capacities that any living being possesses when it comes to overcoming specific circumstances that can threaten his life. In all cases, the survival instinct occurs spontaneously and immediately to calm situations of imminent danger. Such instincts can be represented by actions of various kinds that are not those that are normally followed (such as getting a certain type of food, consuming it in a different way, protecting oneself with elements or in different spaces, etc.), and that is where survival puts to the living being in question in exceptional situations.
The person who manages to survive is popularly called a survivor and without a doubt the most common thing is that the survivors are such after managing to overcome an extreme situation or a serious accident.
Accidents, attacks, intense climatic phenomena, affect survival
Throughout history we have read, heard or witnessed terminal events that put the lives of many people at risk.
The attacks on the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York left thousands of fatalities, but at the same time, many survivors who saved their lives through various resources and were able to tell the tragedy in the first person.
The intense climatic phenomena that occur around the world also propose extremely dangerous events in which many affected people can fortunately survive, either because they managed to hide, cling to something or simply because they were lucky not to be dragged by them, such as it is the case of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes.
Also, road accidents often leave fatalities and survivors. It is on the roads and in the streets where more accidents of this type occur and as we know the consequences can be lethal, but there are many people who by taking certain precautions are saved.
There is no survivor's manual but, as we said, there are already techniques and elements that can help a person to stay alive, if they are affected by any of these indicated situations or if they are suddenly isolated from nature.
Know how to provide food, protect yourself from inclement weather and know how to heal wounds.
On the other hand, and in the case of humans, survival can also occur in a planned and voluntary way. This is so when individuals decide to put their body and mind to the test to overcome different types of situations that are characterized by taking them out of the routine or typical ways of life.
In the case of the human being, survival always has to do with returning to those spaces that are no longer so common, in which nature in its wildest state reigns supreme and in which technological and housing comforts are no longer available. they get. Obviously, to face such circumstances, you must always have prior training and preparation.
