I live in a country where I'm facing one of the most dangerous times I've ever encountered in my life. Fear is taking control over everything. I'm a skilled professional who is passionate about products and services. I've done everything I could to make something out of the place I'm living in, but I, as well as other nationals of my age, are facing everyday situations that don't only jeopardize our chances in becoming successful people, but also threaten our lives. Political instability, fear of being harassed/detained, economic stagnation, you name it. I've been personally subject to one of these threatening situations (believe it or not, it happened while I was normally walking in the street), but I managed to get back home safe. My friends/acquaintances have been subject to similar experiences as well. Lately I have been crippled by fear to the point I'm staying at home looking for an escape gate, but you can't change your life sending emails and doing cheap freelance work. Is there anyone here willing to help? Open my eyes on an opportunity/plan to achieve what I think I was born to do and contribute in changing the world even on the smallest possible scale? Depression is taking over and I'm trying to fight it, but I'm afraid I'm about to collapse. Suggestions? Help?
This is not a STRATEGY topic... it's 100% your psychology. We all, every one of us, face fear in our lives. We face obstacles and opposition. Its only when you can create an empowering meaning from that opposition that you use it as fuel. When a business fails you choose to look at it as an end, or a beginning. You can look at an economic crash as ruin, or opportunity!
The key is it is up to you to choose the meaning and let Fear Freeze you or Fuel you. time and time again people have chosen to turn FEAR into POWER. There is a science to this. It has to do with taking control of specific elements of your mental and emotional state. It even incorporates the Physical. It is what allowed injured olympic athletes to throw themselves into the fight one more time and win the gold. It allowed men to face opposition and death and overcome and win. It has everything to do with the meaning we give our problems.
I'm not saying the story isn't real. I'm saying you have to choose how to face the reality. A good read: Mankind's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - will give you a new perspective.
Answered 9 years ago
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