Understand What Brings You Down
Synopsis
At some point in their life, people will feel down without knowing why. There are several things in life that have a significant impact on the way people make decisions, deal with problem, and live their life. Sometimes, these things are the ones that bring them down instead of helping them move on.
The best ways to deal with the things that bring you down is to know and understand them first. This way, it would be easier for you think of ways on how you can prevent them.
The following are the things that bring people down:
Loss
Losing someone close to them can discourage people to move on with their life. Some people who have experienced tragedy or loss in the past find hard to fully grieve and accepted the loss. Saying goodbye to a person who loved, cared, and influenced them in so many ways is one of the hardest but the most important decisions that they have to make.
Series of Failures
Experiencing failures in various aspects of their life including work, family, school and relationship can make people believe that they are indeed a failure. This prevents them from trying new things that can improve them as a person and choose to get stuck in a notion that whatever they do, they will still fail.
Fear
Fear is an emotion triggered by perceived threats. It is an important part in keeping you safe as it serves as a basic survival mechanism that signals your body to respond to a danger with a flight response. However, living in constant fear can make you become incapacitated. You brain may perceive things negatively and make you remember that way. Fear can bring you down, drive you to destructive habits, create doubt, and stifle your thinking and actions. It can affect your mental and physical well-being regardless of whether the threat is real or perceived.
Strained Family Ties
Your family defines who you are. Unfortunately, some people are forced to make decision of whether they should continue their strained family relationship or will it be better if they just break the ties that they have. Your family may sometimes drive you nuts, but they are also the ones that rush to your side during times when you needed them the most. However, even though your family can bring you down, it is imperative that you evaluate your relationship with them before you decide whether cutting family ties is worth it or not.
Permanent Disability
Physical disabilities can bring profound effects on the attitudes and lifestyle of people. It requires them to make necessary adjustments not just physically but psychologically and emotionally as well. Most people who have permanent physical disability grow up with limitations when it comes to making life choices and activities. In some cases, it can bring them down to the point when they no longer interested to try new things and strive to attain whatever they want to achieve in life.
Depression
Untreated depression can pose serious problems in your relationship with others, in the way you do your job, and in overcoming serious diseases. People who are experiencing depression do not have the capability to pull themselves together. Moreover, the quality of their lives can also be adversely affected by this condition as the problems arising from personal and social relationships as well as at home and at work are becoming hard to resolve.
Not Being Recognized
All people need to be appreciated and recognized. However, not all of them receive this kind of treatment, making them feel undervalued.
People who are happier in their life are the ones whose great work is being recognized by the people around them including their family and employer. According to psychologists, people need a certain amount of recognition and rewards from others in order to remain emotionally and physically healthy. It also prevents them from feeling down knowing that all their hard work is being appreciated.
Poor Self-Esteem and Lack of Self-Worth
Do not believing in your own capability and skills can prevent you from doing your best and become a much better person that you used to be. You have to keep in mind that they are still people who appreciate and value you as a person and trust in your capacity to overcome various life challenges. Being positive involves improving your self-esteem and your self-worth.