Dr. Sarita Robinson aka “Dr Survival” is a leading academic researcher in Survival Psychology. Sharing how to improve your chances of survival in disaster situations.

Dr Sarita Robinson is Deputy Head of the School of Psychology and Computer Science at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Sarita is one of the world’s leading academic researcher in area of survival psychology and so is often referred to as Doctor Survival. Survival psychology focuses on how people respond in disaster situations – everything from a terrorist attack to a ship sinking.   Sarita has spent over 15 years researching people’s reactions to disasters. She focuses on trying to work out why some people are more likely to survive than others in emergency situations (and what we can do to improve our chances of survival).   Sarita is keen not to rely on dusty books to inform her academic research and so has undertaken some hands-on survival training. This means Sarita has had some hair-raising adventures, including completing training in Helicopter Underwater Escape, Fire-Fighting and Coastal Survival.    New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Make sure you hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out.    The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting your favourite podcast and becoming a patron please check out www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.   Show notes What Dr. Sarita Robinson does What her childhood years were like Being the daughter of 2 mental health nurses Struggling throughout her school years and feeling left behind Being diagnosed at 17 with dyslexia  Enjoying the more individual sports  Developing her own coping strategies Doing Psychology as an A’Level Going onto university  Being inspired by The Poseidon Adventure Movie Why some people are more likely to survive than others  The importance of having an optimistic outlook Fight - Flight - Freeze - How we respond to threats Being in a survival situation Spending 5 years on her PHD on Survival Psychology Being in a hotel fire in Turkey Needing to keep your brain in a good place - especially in longer term survival situations  CPU - Central Processing Unit of the brain Why people do unusual things during a life threatening situation  Why the brain falls back on pre-learned behaviours  Training for emergency situations The power of prepping and preparing for emergencies  Why trainings is important - “skills & drills” How training boosts your confidence and in turn your optimism  The power of “What If” Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and  Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) Practical steps to building resilience  The importance of building your body - exercise, sleep, hydration, nutrition The connection between the body and the mind Enhancing your optimistic thinking Moving away from learned helplessness  The power of social support and social networks  What toxic positivity is and devaluating what someone else is going through The poison of resilience and why resilience is not always the answer Why the resilient thing ca n be to walk away  Coping with the pandemic and how 2020 was Dr John Leach - Senior Research Fellow in survival psychology. Book: Survival Psychology (1994) Is there a difference between men/women gender (social construct) / sex (biological) in survival  Why more girls and women died during the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami  Why preparation is everything       Social Media   Website: http://drsurvival.co.uk    Facebook: @drsurvival.robinson   Twitter: @DrSurvival   

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