Have you ever woken up one morning, looked in the mirror, and wondered, “What am I doing? Who am I? How did I get inside this life?”
Have you ever been standing at the sink, washing vegetables for dinner, and suddenly felt a bizarre sense of going through the motions without really being there?
This experience can be deeply upsetting. It can send you into a tailspin of angst, claustrophobia, alienation and fear. The good news is that these moments of saying ‘help, I’m living the wrong life’ are great opportunities for personal life transformation.
So, the next time you start to feel that sense of being a stranger in your own life, here are some tips to keep you calm…
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I like the tip number two.
It may help you take setbacks calmly. To learn from them and not to make irreflexive decisions.
I have recently been through probably the toughest several years of my entire 55 years on this earth. Before that, I was flying high. I think the info shared here is accurate and helpful. One of the most important aspects is realizing the you are not “crazy”…just human. And, that most everyone has felt the way you do at sometime in there lives. I also learned the expression “post-traumatic growth” in a psych class. I think that’s the basic premise of the article and has become my mantra. Big dreams, small steps, don’t panic….easy to say, hard to do but, that’s sums it up I think. Thx…v