Over the course of the last few years, more and more people have started to learn about survivalists and preppers thanks to increased media attention. The Internet makes it easy to find out about what preppers do, but many people who have no interested in survival simply look at the surface and assume they know everything there is to know about “those survival people”, and that has caused quite a few myths to pop up about those in this field. Now is the time to dispel some of those myths for those who are interested in the reality of survival.
Preppers Are All Conspiracy Nuts
Not all people who prep believe in the conspiracy theories out there. Most do not believe the world is controlled by Illuminati and reptiles. They simply want to be prepared for all manner of potential problems.
Preppers Think Everyone Is a Threat
There is a big difference between being paranoid and being prepared. Just because survivalists are prepared does not mean they think everyone who looks at them is a government agent out to take them down.
Preppers Believe Doomsday Is Around the Corner
Most do not feel that the end of the world is around the corner, but having preparation for anything that happens is important. A SHTF scenario can occur for many different reasons. It could be something as enormous as a governmental collapse or a massive disaster. It could simply be a blizzard that has you and your family snowed in for a week. A prepper is ready for those types of things.
Now, as with all myths, there tends to be a bit of truth in them. Some out there who prep do believe in conspiracy theories and some do live in homes that are wall to wall weapons. However, they tend to be the outliers and not the bulk of the community.
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Good Heavens, I didn’t know that I was a prepped until someone coined the word. I have always wanted to be prepared for whatever emergency lies ahead. I guess my military history also caused me to Always be Ready for whatever emergency lies ahead! Keep up the good work.
Yes the myths about what, and who preppers are, what guides and drives them are out there; mainly by those who do not accept the historical fact that a disaster (man made or natural) can happen. Many of those who dispell preppers also have the mind set that some one will always be there to provide for their needs during such a situation. Historically, that has proven to be a false assumtion.
Preppers, by and large are taking a Personal Responsibility for their own well being and survival. They beleive that self reliance, and community is a core ideal of the American Spirit first and foremost; the basis of what guided this nation for hundreds of years.
The best thing a prepper can do when confronted by a nay-sayer is to simply back off and just continue to go about their prepper business. But, at the same time, be amply supplied to give even a meager assistance during such a time as needed to those who didnt prep.
Surprisingly, those who didnt prep will become more helpful during that time because they will understand the need they failed to see beforehand.
Even the Bible speaks of prepping and for those that don’t believe in God , then look to nature, many animals “stock up” when winter time comes and there’s not much food around.
Thanks for your encouraging words about prepping!
I was a boy scout once and learned to ‘be prepared’.
My wife always teases me for having the heaviest backpack with stuff ‘I don’t need’.
But she forgot that I once put her arm in a sling that I made from a large white plastic bag and never mind band-aids and other ‘useless stuff’! 🙂