Stress,
anxiety, nervousness, pressure, tension, worry, strain are the feelings we all
face at some point of our lives. Sometimes the pressure to perform or achieve
is insurmountable which can overpower
our conscious mind causing a great amount of emotional damage.
Life is
full of ups and down. There are times when we may feel that our worries will
end costing our lives. A month back I read one such shocking news - 16 years
old Saira Sirohi national level swimmer committed suicide at her home in
Ghaziabad. It was sickening and very disturbing. Though no suicide note had
been recovered but she must be going through some extreme pressure that forced
her to end life.
Saira had
won so many state and national level awards, she even has a record of swimming
for 15 hours continuously for 38 kilometers at the age of eight. She was further
preparing to represent India in international games. But this beautiful dream
crashed and died. What made her take
such an extreme step cannot be answered now it went away with her. But we
cannot sit in silence and let our youngsters suffer such painful end.
The only
solution my mind can comprehend is “COMMUNICATION” talk about your problems,
please don’t shy away and suffer in loneliness. Talk with your parents, friends,
teachers, siblings who ever you feel comfortable with. We have many online
friends but one true and close offline friend is must to have. Share your
thoughts it makes you feel lighter and helps taking out the frustration.
Parents,
partners can provide unconditional love and support to their people. Guide,
advise, support, help them with right path but without being judgmental and sarcastic. Ultimately
everyone has to face their individual struggles and hardship as per their own caliber and it is just moral support we all need
to make this journey easy and painless.
There are
times when life is hard on me,
There were
times when finishing life is the only solution,
But when
ever I am overpowered by negative thoughts I remember all the good things life
has given me.
And this is
what I do to overcome stress
·
Pray, chant His holy name,
·
Repeated self counseling,
·
Talk with my close people on
finding ways to resolve disturbing issues,
·
Music is really therapeutic for
me.
And as per
the old saying “ Life is beautiful”, make wonderful memories and cherish them.
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God knows what she must have gone through!
ReplyDeleteTalking definitely helps. But I guess many go to the extreme because of enormous pressure and it happens in the spur of the moment.
You are right, such things happens in a spur of a moment.
DeleteLeaves us all guessing. :(
ReplyDeleteVery unfortunate the bud was smothered before it could bloom.
It is indeed very sad. Such things leaves us feeling so helpless.
DeleteCommunication is really important to deal with stress. And chanting God's name also gives a lot of inner strength. A very well written post dear.
ReplyDeleteThat is where we all fail most, we sometimes ignore the importance of communicating right thing at right time.
DeleteThanks a lot Purba, your comment means a lot for me.
Oftentimes those who come in limelight have a lot of pressure to excel. They also face fear of failure, fear of rejection and what not. It is important for all of us to give each other space to breathe, so that they don't stifle under the burden of expectations. Young age is extremely sensitive time in everyone's life. So sad to see people dying young these days. Truly sad state of affairs.
ReplyDeleteExactly Sunaina, Youngsters face lot of competition these days putting them to hell lot of pressure.
Deleteप्रेरक प्रस्तुति
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Rakesh :-)
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