CONFLICTED SURVIVAL GAME:
BEFORE THE SHTF!
Conflicted is a Survival Game. Each card in the deck has a scenario that will stretch how you would respond in an SHTF situation. What would you do? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below!
SCENARIO – After the collapse, a loved one ran out of mood-regulating medication and has lost it. She is frequently putting the group at risk by not obeying the general rules of the group and picking fights with other members.
Tensions have built to the point where the rest of the group members want you to take decisive action and handle the situation. What would you do to restore order?
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Again, a tough one.
I have given this some thought before now, because I have at least 1 and probably 2 that are going to be a problem. ( not on any drugs ). Just that kind of people.
Banishing them would cause a lot of problems with the rest of the group. I am a big believer in keeping peace and unity in the group.
I guess I will have to deal with it on a day to day basis.
Now as far as the scenario goes.. It says the rest of the group is very upset and demanding action. And the issues are affecting safety and well being of the group.
We have talked about kicking somebody out before. That presents it`s own problems. Diplomacy is what you try first. The way it sounds, this probably wont work. And they already don`t follow the rules, so more rules and enforcement aren`t a option.
So, if it`s really bad, banishment might be the only way to handle it. Remember what Spock said ” the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few “.
Prepare for retaliation the best you can.
I have already prepared my heart for this as I would be in charge of 2 already on medications for mental health issues. I have educated myself of natural back-ups to prescriptions, and prayer has already helped, and continues to improve a bad situation so much. If it should ever come to this, they would leave the group and I would go with them. In all conscience I could not leave them to go it alone, We would go it on our own, do the best we can, and trust God no matter our fate.
Dare Tuitt’s reply seems to be the only option I can see.
Dare, prayer is Always a good thing. Sometimes you will be surprised at the answer. God Is Good.
You are mighty right! God is always Good, even when we don’t understand. I believe that implicitly. So for the tough things our goto is always prayer and truly trusting God.
Who is it? My sister? I’d shoot her. He**, I’d shoot her now if there weren’t LAWS prohibiting it. LOL
This is a real tough one, for sure. I am fortunate that no one I care about is taking meds that would cause such a problem if they are stopped. If this were a reality in my group I would prepare in advance for such a possibility and have natural remedies on hand and in my garden to process. Sedatives work well, if you can’t truly medicate with natural plants (say, schizophrenia)…perhaps, knowing it might be an issue, making a smallish building that you can contain the person in while they are at their worst…and they have to agree to be good if they wish to get and stay out.
Since there isn’t an actual list of how they are annoying the rest of the group, it is hard to address what I would do. Are they too loud and the group fears detection? Send them off to gather berries on the other side of the pasture. Are they arguing with everyone over everything? (my sister, perhaps, LOL) Send them into to town and see how far they get with their arguments. No, no….teach the others how to let the other person win the argument and then go about doing exactly what they want/agreed on/were told as soon as she turns her back. (Hey, it works. LOL)
This is a hard one. I’ve often thought of how many neighbors I know for certain are on one drug or another (drugs that affect the mind that is). Way too many, as many here are aware of the percentage of people hooked we are surrounded by. I tend to pare things down to the basics. The raw animal nature that is in all of us. I am referring to ‘pack’ mentality. In a crisis situation, people are going to lose it. Those simultaneously going through withdrawal more than the rest (as I typed that, I realized it may be untrue however…. many persons now sane still may react in ways we do not expect). But the worst thing for most any pack animal is to be shunned from the pack/herd/group. Isolation – forced isolation with possible restraints being employed for a ‘sentence’ of sorts known to the person so being shunned may work. It’d be relatively simple to do. An outbuilding, a shelter away from the group with the individual shackled/tied …. whatever (gag if need be) after telling them plainly that they must stop their actions/behavior and they will be kept this way for …. 24/48 hours. After that time, approach them with the offer to release if they will cooperate. Otherwise, another 24/48 hours. Food, water, sanitary needs supplied. Those same accompanied by quiet talk if possible. Best I can come up with for now.
that’s the problem with having groups, too many egos and too many problems.
If this person had problems so severe that reasoning with her/him is not effective and if he/she is putting the group at risk, I and one other stalwart person would find a time we could suffocate that person with a pillow and then hang him/her by the neck to a door knob making it look like a suicide. Or that person would “accidentally” drown in the river or similar circumstances. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Got to cut out that link. Banishing someone is like kicking out a dog. He/she will just keep coming back where it has been fed. It is not going to be a successful solution. And killing is a kinder thing than to leave the person to starve or be preyed upon by man or beast.
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Wow, another great topic! Well, believe it or not this subject will plague a majority of the groups out there during a SHTF event. Just about everyone I know has a family member taking some sort of psychotropic medication. There is going to be no way to avoid this from happening in a SHTF event. There is really nothing you can do but to leave with your love one and hope for the best. But right now, is the perfect time to take this subject into consideration and make plans to deal with this. I say if you are the leader of your own group, then you have already made it clear to the other members that the group will have to deal with the situation if they wanted to remain. You are going to put your family member first just like anyone else would. You may even have another group member that will be in the same situation as you. The group could have already made plans to keep those people together but separated from the main group.