PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #26

At this point in time, your “doomer” stress level is pegged at…

  • absolutely no worries

    Votes: 9 3.8%

  • a bit concerned

    Votes: 37 15.5%

  • watchful, ready, and checking the preps, just in case

    Votes: 115 48.3%

  • glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now

    Votes: 74 31.1%

  • totally freaked and in my bunker

    Votes: 3 1.3%
  • Total voters
    238
  • Poll closed .
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It's time to once again gauge the anxiety members are feeling regarding the current world situation and how they view the relative near-term future.

With a nod to JC Refuge, who developed and created this identical poll the first seventeen times, and to CfI for invaluable assistance, here we go again. The poll will remain up for five days. Your poll responses are private and cannot be viewed, but I encourage you to post your response and why you voted the way you did.

Here are links to all previous polls:

The first poll, June 16, 2004--average score, 1.83:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=104207

The second poll, July 1--average score, 1.65:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=106303

The third poll, July 15--average score, 1.91:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=108265

The fourth poll, August 1--average score, 1.85:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=111006

The fifth poll, August 15--average score, 1.65:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=113376

The sixth poll, September 1--average score, 1.89:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=116464

The seventh poll, September 15--average score, 1.94:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=118574

The eighth poll, October 1--average score, 1.76:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=120887

The ninth poll, October 15--average score, 1.94:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=123099

The tenth poll, November 1--average score, 2.14:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=125432

The eleventh poll, November 15--average score, 1.66:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=128175

The twelfth poll, December 1--average score, 1.58:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=130406

The thirteenth poll, December 15, 2004--average score, 1.59:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...hlight=prepper

The fourteenth poll, September 1, 2005--average score, 2.42:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The fifteenth poll, July 14, 2006--average score, 2.12:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The sixteenth poll, October 9, 2006--average score, 1.92:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The seventeenth poll, April 2, 2007--average score, 1.98:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...anxiety+ poll

The eighteenth poll, October 23, 2007--average score, 1.90:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...anxiety+ poll

The nineteenth poll, January 26, 2008--average score, 1.97:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=274740

The twentieth poll, April 24, 2008—average score, 2.03:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=286030

The 21st poll, July 24, 2008—average score, 2.02:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=295575

The 22nd poll, October 18, 2008—average score, 2.17:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=306775

The 23rd poll, February 16, 2009--average score, 2.48:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=322886

The 24th poll, June 26, 2009--average score 2.05:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=336490

The 25th poll, July 5, 2010--average score 2.14:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=365407
 
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MODS, I thought I checked the box to make poll results unviewable.

Apparently not. Is that fixable so that who voted for what is not visible?
 
blackguard

blackguard

Veteran Member
I'm with Border Guard and others

really feels as if something bad could clobber us at any moment HOWEVER I am still out living. Today in fact I have Christmas carols playing and I'm writing out my Christmas cards. I prep, plan, network but refuse to stop living my life because of what MIGHT happen. We prep to live not the other way around.

A very Merry Christmas to all my TB2K brethren. Stay safe

Mark
 
sssarawolf

sssarawolf

We're just plugging along.
Also did glued to the screen, I keep having this feeling that any day now another shoe is gonna drop.
 
TerriHaute

TerriHaute

Hoosier Gardener
trooper said:
really feels as if something bad could clobber us at any moment HOWEVER I am still out living. Today in fact I have Christmas carols playing and I'm writing out my Christmas cards. I prep, plan, network but refuse to stop living my life because of what MIGHT happen. We prep to live not the other way around.
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This is the place I have finally reached too. I did get Christmas shopping done early for the grand kids in case things fell apart before Thanksgiving. Now I am just keeping an eye on all the events that keep piling on day by day, waiting for the camel's back to break and living life as usual in the mean time.
 
E

erichtmobile

Senior Member
I chose watchful, only because I have had too force my self to take it down a notch. I refuse to let doomer overload take over my holidays. I am however fully ready to resume full glued to the screen uber vigilance. I won't be surprised if al queda tries to ruin christmas again like they did last year with the underoos bomber
 
sopo

sopo

Inactive
I chose glued to the screen because I don't freak out. My God is always in control. That being said, yeah, it's about to hit any minute. I feel like one of those people on the Titanic. You know the ship is going down, you know many are going to die but you also know there is nothing you can do to stop it. :(

Maranatha.
 
Safecastle

Safecastle

Emergency Essentials Store
These poll option descriptions are allegorical--not literal.

I chose glued to the screen, but I now am at my highest personal alert level yet. I would say that I am very close to the "freaked" option--in other words, ready to lock-down and secure all the hatches (so to speak).
 
C

Chair Warmer

Membership Revoked
I chose glued to the screen because millions are about to lose their unemployment payments, also that war could break out with N Korea any day now. tick-tock

Mrs.Cw
 
F

FREEDOM OR DEATH

Inactive
I also chose glued to the screen,I truly feel like all hell is
going to break loose at any moment.You can cut the Air with a knife!
FREEDOM OR DEATH
 
Tundra Gypsy

Tundra Gypsy

Veteran Member
I switched positions since the last poll; I'm a bit concerned because I'm totally burned out from being ever watchful; pacing around, wringing hands, and being hyped up that the worse to come is right around the corner.

I'll be better prepared to handle things in a more balanced, emotional manner. If you are well prepared, you shouldn't be glued to the tv set; you're not going to get any forewarning from watching it; you will get your forewarning from right here.

Our family here is keeping watch and the first inclination that things are not right; they will alert us immediately; I'm counting on them. This is where I've learned most everything about prepping; from my TB2K family and the Internet. This is the last place I will be before TSHTF as well.
 
Kaydee

Kaydee

Veteran Member
I chose watchful and ready since I've been too busy with family and prepping as hard and fast as I can to stay glued to the screen; I also have to watch my stress levels so have backed off a bit as well.

If it hits, it hits. Nothing I can do to change that, all I can do is be as ready as I can possibly be. After that it's up to the good Lord.
 
ioujc

ioujc

MARANTHA!! Even so, come LORD JESUS!!!
I beleive things are going to start happening very quickly also. I think we will begin to see massive inflation and if you can prep at all now, you'd best "get it in gear." Too mnay things are just "hanging on." Not only did we have people lose the UE bennies, but there is the fact that zero just passed another ban on drilling in the Gulf.....look for gas to go sky high, and everything else with it....
 
KMR58

KMR58

Veteran Member
We've done just about all we can. Bringing in some extra wood is about all that's left. I've gotten to the point where I just do a spot check a couple of times a day instead of being glued to the news. I was getting "battle fatigue" from nothing really happening and being on high alert all of the time.
 
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Tennessee gal

Veteran Member
Watchful here. I believe everything will hold together until after the holidays, then down hill from then on at a faster pace.
 
R

RJC

Has No Life - Lives on TB
With a vote of no worry, it is with the caveat that it is really not with no worries. We have the potential always for our government to do something really stupid. We all have the potential for natural disaster, also terrorist action or some nation acting out its death wish. Overall, we are not in the timeframe yet for worldwide devastation or destruction of our systems. In fact, although we will see all conditions spiraling downward and inflation, at least in food, there is no reason to believe the greed for feeding off the populous is at its end. In fact, there is ample wealth throughout the world yet to be gathered by the “evil bankers.”

Conditions are not nearly to the level of desperation needed to bring down anything encompassing the entirety of the world or even the one super power remaining. Iran will be trampled down before we should be worried over the larger matters of global concern; N. Korea in due time but not yet. (Iran’s time could be short) Still the time is short to prepare the means to survive what is coming in upon all mankind. Time is short and as it speeds up the hardship increases and the means to prepare decreases.

Personal opinion is that the devastation coming is beyond manmade capacity and will be a natural phenomenon so extreme that every system of the world will be shut down over a very short period of time causing those of us not hiding in government bunkers but still surviving, to live in the most primitive fashion imaginable and then it gets worse. JMHO
 
nharrold

nharrold

Inactive
I haven't commented on why I voted on any of the previous polls. However, this time I'd just like to mention that I think we are getting closer to the moment of truth. Normally, I figure that things generally just keep dithering on and on, skirting disaster.

But now it's rather obvious to me that the downward slope is steepening and there is no reversing the calamity which is in store for us. I've developed this feeling from the helpful analyses here on TB2K and on TOL, and from talking to folks out there in the real world. I haven't met anyone who thinks that things are going along just great, whether they voted for the HNIC in DC, or not.

I assume that we'll continue to dither along some more until some trigger event occurs, whatever that might be. I expect nothing intelligent nor credible in the sense of a "heads up" from our gummint nor from TPTB.

A few clues:

My stepson has just decided to buy a generator, has bought 300lb of dog food, and has told his DGI libtard siblings that they are on their own when TSHTF.

The local coin dealer is planning on closing his business when the $600 reporting requirement kicks in.

I've met a third doctor who is going to close his practice because of O-care.

The local fire chief thinks we're headed for real trouble.

All but one or two local businesses and mills have closed recently.

There's no new construction locally and very little remodeling.

Even the two county fish wrappers, both demotard rags, have taken to headlining the dismal state of local unemployment, welfare, and food stamp needs. The one in my county lost a lot of subscribers due to its support of the long-term demo rep for our district, and is now calling those ex-subscribers and begging them to renew, with the incentive of a half-price deal.

In contrast to all of this doom and gloom, there is no good news being reported.

I have no time frame in mind; but I still think we're a lot closer to judgment day than we were at the time of the last poll.

Thanks for the opportunity to spout off a bit!
 
M

mecoastie

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Watchful and ready. DOnt have time to be glued to the screen and there isnt much I can do if something happens so I may as well enjoy it as I can. There is always room for improvement with our preps but we have most of it covered.
 
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prepgirl44

Veteran Member
I'm trying desperately to keep my life in balance so I voted watchful and ready, but really I am between that and glued to the screen, thinking it could be any day now.

It is in the air and even the DGI's are jittery. My dollar doesn't buy what it did even 6 months ago and the pinch of inflation is already hitting home, our freedoms are gone (or going fast), the gubimint is totally invasive in my life and controlling in all areas, and I do not even recognize my country anymore. It seems darkness and evil reign right now. And it is pervasive....everywhere, like a thick fog, winding it's way through or country and our culture at breakneck speed.

It is downright scary (even with Jesus as my Lord and Savior).

I hesitate to make any predictions....because it could be a continual slow downward spiral until we crash in a heap at the bottom, or some "event" that could put it into fast gear. Either way, all I can do is continue to seek the Lord's guidance in my every move and decision, trust Him to guide and protect me, and continue to keep topped off and prepped as best I can.

So that's what I do....I stick close to the Lord, I continue to prep, I keep the gas tank topped off at all times, I check in with the boards morning and night, and keep going to work each day, wondering how much longer I'll have a job, and extremely thankful each and every payday that I got another paycheck. And in the midst of that, I try to enjoy life as much as I can because I know that probably very soon there is going to be absolutely nothing enjoyable about life it as we kick into full survival mode.
 
Straycat

Straycat

Veteran Member
Watchful and ready, which is simply SOP for me. I try to always maintain awareness without worry. Worrying is counterproductive, so I do my best to avoid it.

I figure anything can happen at any time with little to no warning. So I prep as best I can, stay aware of what's around me, and otherwise live a normal life.
 
R

Running Dog

Inactive
I want a normal life.
I know that winter isn't officially here, yet, a few more days. But I rather skip it, and go right into Spring. It is all good that time of the year.
 
mscoffee

mscoffee

Veteran Member
I picked glued to the screen, there's a lot of chit out there, and the fan is picking up speed.
 
maric

maric

Short but deadly
I voted glued to the screen. I def. expect something real soon. I'm not in a state of panic, just VERY watchful. But one kinda strange thing with me is I keep looking out at the ocean expecting to see something. I dunno, it just seems weird that I get this 'urge' to look out there every so often.
 
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Ben Sunday

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I vote glued to the screen. Substantial level of concern here.

World isn't getting better, only more tense.

Everyone needs to be mindful of doomer overload.
 
timbo

timbo

Deceased
I've been doing this prep thing for too many years now to nail one foot down and running in circles.

Watchful but wary..........

Now you out there who are watching TB and like forums for the clues?

You know that it has hit...........when you can't see these forums any more.
 
Bad Hand

Bad Hand

Veteran Member
I voted for no worries I am prepared so why should I worry. If I wasn't prepared I would be freaked out.
 
N

Norma

Veteran Member
I voted glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now. There is just so much going on all over the world, and here at home (meaning the USA) that anything could happen. I guess I agree with JC Refuge. Also Thanks to all who post the alerts on this board.

Take care and God Bless!
Norma
 
bobpick

bobpick

Inactive
Border guard said:
I am glued to the screen now. I have a feeling something BAD approaches and will arrive very soon. - BG
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Ditto that. My loving wife says I'm paranoid I just tell her I love her and want her to be safe.

She made me happy by buying some extra superglue!
 
DennisRGH

DennisRGH

Reset
RJC wrote: Conditions are not nearly to the level of desperation needed to bring down anything encompassing the entirety of the world or even the one super power remaining. Iran will be trampled down before we should be worried over the larger matters of global concern; N. Korea in due time but not yet. (Iran’s time could be short) Still the time is short to prepare the means to survive what is coming in upon all mankind. Time is short and as it speeds up the hardship increases and the means to prepare decreases.

Personal opinion is that the devastation coming is beyond manmade capacity and will be a natural phenomenon so extreme that every system of the world will be shut down over a very short period of time causing those of us not hiding in government bunkers but still surviving, to live in the most primitive fashion imaginable and then it gets worse. JMHO
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concur 100% with this assessment.


.
 
LoupGarou

LoupGarou

Ancient Fuzzball
a bit concerned.

But I figure that being "a bit concerned" always keeps you in condition yellow, and always checking your SA checklist.

I will never be at "glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now" or "totally freaked and in my bunker", since I know that G_d is in control, and the Lord is my Savior.

Loup
 
Flippper

Flippper

Time Traveler
Since I have no internet nor teevee, just hourly 3 minute news broadcasts via radio to re-interpret, my level is vanilla-if I was here daily it would be hair standing on end, butt on fire, slap my granny and run for the bug out shelter.

I'm keeping a wavering eye on precious metal prices (wow, silver!) and eyeing the preps. We're rearranging the stock now to see what we need (everything) and to make room for it.

God will provide, until then I'll pace a bit.
 
Reborn

Reborn

Seeking Aslan's Country
LoupGarou said:
I will never be at "glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now" or "totally freaked and in my bunker", since I know that G_d is in control, and the Lord is my Savior.
Loup
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I guess I misunderstood what was meant by "glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now." For me, this means that things seems so ready to change in a big way at any time that I find myself getting on line throughout the day, not to gab or do other things like I used to do first, but instead to take a quick look at the news first, expecting to find that the change has occurred. For me, "Glued to the screen" doesn't mean panicked, worried, or stressed. It's just a heightened level of alertness.

I'm not expecting to see WWIII at this time, but God's judging of the Church instead.
 
Kook

Kook

A 'maker', not a 'taker'!
mscoffee said:
I picked glued to the screen, there's a lot of chit out there, and the fan is picking up speed.
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There's so much crap flying that soon we may have to order more fans!!!

Personally, too many polls give me high anxiety!!!
 
lectrickitty

lectrickitty

Great Great Grandma!
I could have voted no worries b/c that's how I feel, but I voted watchful b/c I am watchful, but watchful with no worries.

A while back I decided the heck with worrying about anything. What will happen will happen no matter how I feel, so I purposefully chose to relax and enjoy life. I didn't bury my head in the sand. I'm still aware of what's going on in the world. I simply do not let it bother me or scare me like it used to.

I'm as prepped as I can be. That's all I can do. Now it's time to enjoy life until it ain't fun no more.

If the bad guys go bonkers and push a button, me worrying about it in advance won't change it one iota (but if I worry about it, it might harm my health in the meantime.) Sooooo, I'm having fun until life ain't fun no more. I recommend it for everyone, it's great!
 
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