I think that when people are really put in to these kinds of situations, you'll find that you don't do what you thought you would. (Assuming the situtation is actually new to you -- no fair if you already know.)

Which is really interesting!

You might do "better" than past you expected. You might do "worse". You might just do "different". But it will very rarely be what you expected you would do.

I know it surprised me when something similar happened to me. (But, alas, not a particularly good story.) And so I think that's worthy of discussion.