How do you think clearly under extreme stress?

Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, speaking with podcast host Aleksandra King on The BEYOND Podcast. Derrick McManus says that controlling his body and getting blood back into the prefrontal cortex let him think creatively while lying hurt on the ground under continuous fire.

Derrick McManus had been shot and was lying on the ground while the gunman kept firing. He picks up the story at the moment control of his body brought his thinking back.

He yelled those words as loud as he could so the gunman would know Derrick McManus was still a threat, though he does not know whether the gunman heard. On his account, creative thinking became possible once his body was under control.