What has always gotten me through near death experiences?

 Terror of dying doesn't help at all. Not really.

Instead, what I find is useful is to stay calm and pray mostly and ask the Angels and Jesus and the Saints "What should I do?"

The answer I always get is: "No you are not dying this is ONLY temporary from the Angels. This is very helpful I find simply because at the time often you really cannot believe you are not dying right then.

So, accepting what the angels say when they say to you. "No. This is only temporary you will live a long time after this." Is often a matter of life or death for you.

And after age 40 or 50 just know that Panic IS DEATH for people this age or after.

This doesn't mean you can't be worried but outright panic causes brain freeze so you don't have enough smarts to survive things even when you can.

For example, Bell bottom trousers were worn by especially the British in the Navy. Why?

Because the usually close weave bell bottom trouser can grab air if you know how to use them this way and keep you afloat when your warship sinks in battle or for any other reason which might keep you alive a day or longer on the open sea if it's not too cold.

And the other thing is: "Who tended to survive when their ships sunk?

 That's right the older guys (by this I mean 25 years old or older). Why?

Because they had already seen so very much crazy stuff in life that they all knew that they might just survive this too if they stayed calm and didn't panic.

But, younger guys with less experience often panicked and died because they didn't have enough experience to know panic is death in bad situations often.