Beat the  incredulity response,  when you are faced with a deadline at work and with so much to do, you forget to sit and decision making skills temporarily disappear.

People do experience brain freeze, to some degree when we encounter risk.   After a shock someone, normally offers you tea or a stiff drink, it is far better for you to make it on your own.  As going through the emotions prompts your brain to function to co-ordinate the movements .  Once one area of the brain gets going, it kick starts the others.  This allows you to shake off the incredulity response.  If there is no time to make tea, running through the alphabet in your head should help.

Beware of the normalcy bias,  falling  prey to the normalcy bias is easy to do.  It is when you receive a letter from the bank for example, and, you, don’t want to open it.  Also, maybe you don’t want to jeopardise your relationship.  One should first be alert for threats, then change your attitude and actions in case they affect you.

Some of us prefer not to think about unpleasant possibilities, but, you got to be able to learn about emergencies.