You should survive. When someone holds a gun to your head and tells you that you can eat if you pray or starve, you pray. Don’t worry about it. The fact that you recognize the manipulation allows you the strength to manipulate the manipulation.
In Taoism, there is an idea. If you want to cross a raging river and go from point A on one side to point B on the other, it is a fool who tries to swim directly across. Trying to swim directly across, you will fight against the current, wear yourself out, and drown. Instead, walk upriver a mile and simply float downstream with the current as you leisurely make your way across the river and end up in point B.
Have a plan, don’t get stressed, go with the flow, and keep your goal in mind.