The past 2 months have been very challenging and eye opening for me. I got to step out of my comfort zones, and my anxiety peaked. At first I saw it as a nerve wrecking experience, but as time goes the sun has started to rise and I am seeing a completely different picture. The anxiety is still at the very same peaks it has been, but the only thing that has changed is me.
Often times when we get anxious, we feel helpless and weak. Sometimes it feels right to rather accept defeat before it even comes. It will hit you so hard that you will wish you could sleep away whatever moment is making you anxious. But there are times where in you are stuck in an environment that makes you anxious and there's no option to just get up and leave. That is where I have been the past 2 months, but not necessarily stuck. Let's just say, there's more to lose by leaving the environment and more to gain by staying, yet the anxiety peaks each and every day.
The solution is pretty simple; you just need to change the attitude towards the anxiety. Very often we suffer more because we just want it to go away. However, you do need the anxiety and to find a way to work around it. It is a good thing and you need to shift it from being a monster to being motivation to tackle whatever makes you anxious. If you see it as a monster, it wins and you will not get anything done. Whenever you try to get up and do something, the chains will hold you back and forbid you from getting work done. So you need to loosen the chains, without going to far away from it.
Think of what could get worse if you allowed the anxiety to control you. Some things are permanent, so you can't allow them to happen. It could all go wrong and you would have no way of rewriting it and getting a second chance. Think of that each time you feel the anxiety. Then think of the benefits that would come if you went through with getting something done. What would happen if you don't fail ? Anxiety says "what if you fail?". Your reply should be "What if I succeed?" or "What do I stand to lose if I give in to my anxiety?".
The reality is, if you achieve it, you then starting seeing anxiety not as much of a threat but a natural thing. It's like that one day when you finally stand up for yourself and fight off the bully. The one victory against anxiety is great motivation to do it again, because the feeling of beating it is heavenly. Do it once and you will unleash a brighter side wherein anxiety is your motivation. You will feast on it to go further and further. It's all about shifting your mindset. When anxiety throws you in the ocean, swim your way through and break records.
You've got to win those battles in order to win the war.
WITH LOVE...
Mbuelo Ramafamba
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