People have been weirded out by how calm I am during actual emergencies because my body is just like "oh look it's a shitload of cortisol, we know what to do with this"

Had some stints in the general anxiety space over the years my mental health was worst (and still have some areas that are full of fear for me). I've also realized that in real emergency situations, i am one who acts instead of freezing like i know i do in anxiety inducing cases (or instead of dumbfoundedly standing around not knowing what to do like most people).

I think this has to do with the fact that an real emergency has pretty clear rules about what to do about them (call for help, stabilize hurt people, bring people to safety, take away air from fires by closing doors and windows, stuff like that) instead of having to create some ad-hoc rules for myself because the situation has no emergency rules (since it's no emergency), and i simply do not have time to think about hypotheticals. Also, the feeling of fear is not something new!

Yep, not alone. I use similar stories in interviews as examples of how I handle "stressful situations," leaving out the part that <hulk meme> I'm always stressed.

GAD here as well. Same. Nothing quite like always being a bit tuned to danger so that when disaster strikes for real it's just a normal day