Coping strategy This post won’t be easy however I must talk about it. I do hear sometimes people say that there’s no sense and meaning in their life, it became grey, dull, and pointless. For me it’s a huge alarm, and saying to them - look around it’s such a beautiful life you have, it’s going to be fine, is not going to help or work for them because the place where they are right now is very dark and deep. Before saying this out loud they thought about life and they couldn’t find the solution or deal with the current situation emotionally, mentally, financially, or physically. I was there myself. I was thinking life was pointless, and I was thinking that I can’t handle it anymore. I was down emotionally and financially, the worst thing was that my perception of it was too big and not proportional to the size of the problems I was facing. I was in a deep dark place. My coping strategy was to finish it all in one go - no problems, no pain, no suffering, no responsibilities. Very lovely and functional strategy for a 3 year old child. The issue was that I was not 3 years old. The thought about my meaningless life was obstructing me from finding better coping strategies with the current situation. For example, back then I didn’t have a job and needed money, and I was refusing to go for less, meaning I was rejecting lots of opportunities to make money - not as big as I was willing it to be, yet enough to cover my expenses. And of course, this was just adding more to my pain and suffering. Until one day I got help from my yoga teacher, he told me I have to start small. And boom - my coping strategy changed, I agreed to take a small part time job and I made a first step to get out of my deep dark place. If you think there’s no reason for you to live I want you to know you’re trying to apply a coping strategy of a kid. You could avoid problems as a kid by finishing it all - stopping to talk to your parents, threatening them, going away, etc., however as an adult you can find better coping strategies which are functional and effective, and which eventually will bring you to the beautiful life you want. #coping #financialproblems #motivation #inspiration (at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnJWRCfqdk4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
