Which is true! We're exceptionally good at dropping our immediate self and responding to an emergency! At least that's what I read somewhere.

Today I had a front passenger side tire detread at 70 mph on the freeway. Rubber and car body parts were flying everywhere. Instead of panicking and waiting to crash, I went into high alert, maneuvered through traffic and brought the vehicle to a stop on the side of the road. I was in such a seriously calm state of mind, I could of emergency landed the space shuttle. You can say that is normal.

I came up on a crash in the woods once where a car was sideways into a tree. The driver was thrown head first into a tree, and you can see brain matter oozing out of the hole in his head. He was barely breathing. Another victim was running around covered in blood. I switched into this serious first responder kind of mode and orchestrated the care and recovery of the victims, even though looking at police was not in my best interest. I got EMTs on the way, tried to stabilize the brain dead one which exhaled his last breath in my arms, and take care of the other hurt victim. When the real ones showed up, I was able to leave. Was it adrenaline? No. I remained calm, cool, collected, and defintely wasn't myself because later I was shaking wondering what just happened. I of course have no accident training that I know of. It was like a whole new me took charge of the situation and did it.

Anyone else experience superhero switching?