How to Overcome Feeling Down and Powerless All the Time
Worrying is not a good defense system. Do this instead.
Life can be overwhelming. It can be frigging hard. It takes one moment and suddenly, everything’s different. Sometimes it is going so fast you cannot even think clearly and reflect rationally. You’re totally exhausted, and you desperately want to change the situation, but you can’t change because you don’t think you have a choice.
If you find yourself in such a worst-case scenario, it is important to take care of it, even though we barely learned to deal with such situations healthily.
First off: We are meant to go through times of hardship. It forces us to adjust our concept of self to become a person who can handle the situation and thrive by handling it.
Remember that emotional health is not about being happy all the time. You’re allowed to experience the full range of emotions, no matter if good or bad. But it is also not getting stuck on one too much.
We don’t need to be perfect, and we don’t need to be happy all the time. But we can commit to being fully human. As soon as we decide to fully allow ourselves to feel, even when it frightens us, it can wonderfully transform our lives.
