I Was Locked In But Not Out!
The Hidden Strength of Our Brain
I had been taught the brain is a very powerful organ in the human body. But I was yet to fully comprehend the extent of its power till when I was 16 and had this experience I’m about to share with you.
I had traveled home from school at a certain time, only to get home and discover my parents would be traveling out of town the next morning.
They had planned to return in two days.
Early the next morning, my parents were all set to leave. Mom informed me that my breakfast had already been served and was lying on the dining table. I bade them goodbye and proceeded to lock the doors from inside, and then after that, I returned to my room and proceeded to use the restroom.
Unknown to me, the door of the restroom was damaged from inside and was yet to be fixed.
I had already finished using the restroom and was on my way out only to discover the damaged handle.
Upon seeing the damaged door handle, it dawned on me that I was trapped.
At that moment, panic set in. Thought ran through my head. How do I get out?
Was I going to be trapped for 2 days till my parents returned?
There was no way to call for help at that moment as my cell phone was inside my room.
Shouting to draw attention was not an option either, as our house was in an isolated area with no close neighbors, and even if help came, my doors were locked from the inside.
At that moment I realized that I had my back up against a wall.
My first instinct was to forcefully open the door, which I tried to do for close to an hour but that was not the solution.
I was starting to get hungry, my breakfast would have gotten cold already.
I sat on the floor, took a deep breath to calm myself, and proceeded to find a solution by using my brain to do some deep thinking.
After about 5 minutes of thinking, I came up with a solution.
I would be able to open the lock, but I'll need a metallic wire for that.
My eyes searched around the restroom, but every object I could see was made of plastic.
Then suddenly, my brain clicked: one of the plastic buckets had a metallic handle. I then proceeded to detach the metallic handle from the bucket and in no time, I had opened the lock and was out.
As a teenager, I came to understand from that day that just a few minutes of deep thinking with your brain can make a whole lot of difference.
Also, I learned from that experience that when one is in a tight situation when survival is involved, and when one has their back up against the wall, the brain tends to work at a more powerful frequency to provide a solution for that moment.
This teenage experience of mine was an awakening to just how powerful the brain can be.
