One of the things in my life that changed my attitude a lot about survival was doing a Vision Quest which is a native American Tradition where you don't drink water or eat food for 96 hours. After doing this I realized (if you are in good or excellent health) like I was then that you can survive a long time in the wilderness without food or even water.
However, if you are without water you have to expect to start hallucinating by the 2nd night when it is dark. And these hallucinations will be as real or more real than real life to you at the time. So, by your second night without water it's important to find a way to stay calm to ride out these hallucinations.
In my case I was praying for guidance from God while doing this so I received exactly what I needed from God while not eating anything or drinking any water at all for 4 days (96 hours). But, I must say that trying not to drink even water for the first 2 days was difficult to say the least. My mind was screaming at me things like "You are going to die!" "This is crazy!" "What are you doing!"
However, the results were amazing and they have greatly changed how I have seen everything ever since.
What did it do?
I stopped fearing all sorts of things I used to fear. For example, I stopped worrying about starving to death in life or even of not having any water to drink for up to 4 days or longer.
Why?
Because I realized (at least at age 35 then) I could go 4 days without water or food if I just stayed calm and didn't freak out about the whole thing like some people would.
Once you have experienced something like this you have a better idea of what you can survive in life.
However, I don't think I would do my first no water and no food vision quest after about age 40 for a variety of reasons (even though if you are a real outdoors person you might be okay doing this). Once you do this the first time you might do this later again sometime too once you know what you are in for.
By God's Grace
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