You know, whatevs.

I often wonder what choice I would make in true life-threatening situations where I could save a life in exchange for my own. My rational, humanitarian side of me would like to think I’d do the honorable thing. But in light of my studies in Marketing Psychology, where our subconscious often contradicts our conscious, I’m starting to have doubts.

Would I really be willing to put my life on the line to save another?

In a dream I had the other night a friend and I were being chased by a flesh eating Velociraptor. While it may sound ridiculous now that I’m writing about it, in my dream it was every bit heart-pounding and downright frightening. The friend wasn’t anyone in particular. I can hardly remember the face. I just accepted it was someone I knew. So as we were being chased out of a dense forest and down a hill towards rocky ruins I schemed to use my friend as a distraction while I escaped. I directed this friend towards an alleyway where I knew the creature would be waiting. My plan was as he was being ripped into shreds I could slip through and make back into the forest.

I awoke that morning feeling less impressed with myself.

But the point is, it did get me thinking. Am I really as altruistic and courageous as I picture myself to be? Would I put myself in harms way to save another? If I’m any bit like the personality in the dream – probably not.