Disaster Morale When The Adrenaline Fades

Disaster Morale When The Adrenaline Fades

August 30, 2026 · 25 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the psychological challenges faced during prolonged disasters as adrenaline fades and mental fatigue sets in.

Send us Fan Mail Week one of a disaster can feel almost surreal, but strangely focused. You check on family, you execute the plan, you help neighbors, and adrenaline does what adrenaline does. Then the days stack up. Sleep gets weird, uncertainty becomes constant, the same small problems keep returning, and somewhere around week two, three, or four a lot of capable people slam into a mental wall they did not see coming. I walk through the psychological patterns researchers see after major di...

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