Learning To Stand Up On Your Own

It took all of my strength to leave the husband who beat me up for all four years that we were married. I tried and failed the first many times because I was afraid to go on alone. When I managed to do it at last, I was at a loss as to what to do next.

Having been so used to doing everything with him, I felt vulnerable otherwise. If I carried some sort of self-defense, though, my little brother thought that I would gain courage out there. He lectured me on the effects of pepper spray to get me to give it a try.

Stirring up an incapacitating burning feeling on the skin and in the eyes is one thing that he says pepper spray works. Moreover, strong pepper sprays swell the eyes until these close, start unmanageable coughing and choking and interrupt breathing.

All those outcomes are non-lethal and induce no lifelong impairment. Being momentary, they ebb after 15 to 45 minutes. That should be your turn to take off and seek rescue.

Knowing that I became anxious when by myself, baby bro schooled me on 18% pepper spray. Since it has an 18% solution of pepper compared to everyday 10% pepper spray, it acts faster and more intensely.

One example is the best oc spray made, which, as the name suggests, effects burning through the roof and has all the capabilities of a strong self-defense spray. He took me online so that I could examine my choices.

I went with a 1/2 oz. Wildfire 18% pepper spray in blue over the black and red ones. The Web shop said it had heat rising to 3 million Scoville heat units whereas the more usual were 1 to 2 million.

After learning the positive effects of pepper spray products when used for self-defense, I felt like it would be a sorry excuse not to try one. My sibling must have counted on me to think that way so that I could pick myself back up.