>>441151When you go a few days without food there are levels to it. The first 3 days or so you show hunger pains. After that, the feeling leaves. I hear people say on here you get tired, but i didnt. I had tons of energy. It felt like i could have run miles. I didnt sleep very well.
I never got tired until the very end. And even then it wasnt a "lethargic" experience, but a sort of given up one. I did note that no matter how much you want to give up, your body will not. It just wont. If i could have wished myself dead i would have, but it didnt work.
After many days of not eating and with the cold setting in, you become stupid. Your hands wont do the things you want them to, you cant remember things. Like how old you are, or what year it is. Basic math gets thrown out the window. At this point, well a little before it, is when your reptilian brain kicks in. You just do things without reason, or without meaning to that your body does to keep itself alive. It was an odd experience.
Theres a quote im fond of from the movie fury that just came out and the quote is:
"Wait until you see it"
And i like that quote because it represents how i feel now about people who dont know what they are doing. I remember at certain points of starving to death on a hill while freezing that the thought crossed my mind that i could possibly kill someone and eat them. Man, woman, child. Obviously now thats horrible and absurd, but at the time, it seems at though it didnt matter. And thats why i like that quote, because when the chips are down. When people are at what is called rock bottom, they are capable of doing anything. Anything at all. I didnt seek out anyone to kill, but had i been in camp with a person i didnt particularly like or care about...who knows.
