(ThySistas.com) Life crises take many different forms, ranging from serious injury, to interpersonal issues, to the sudden loss of a job, or even a natural disaster.
While we can certainly do things in our lives to reduce the chances that we will be completely demolished by a major crisis of one sort or another, it is – unfortunately – never possible to ensure that we will be spared from having to deal with life crises, as a whole.
But what should you do if a life crisis does in fact strike? That’s one of the questions of the ages, and there are few, if any, hard and fast rules.
All the same, here are a few basic strategies and approaches that may do you some good if you find yourself in that situation.
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Fight the battles that need to be fought
Sometimes, when a life crisis strikes, it will be entirely out of your control – and out of anyone else’s control, too.
At other times, however, the life crisis that you find yourself dealing with will be directly tied to bad behaviour on the part of someone else. Poor workplace safety protocols that result in you being injured, for example.
A large part of maintaining a sense of self-respect and confidence, is holding yourself to particular standard of behaviour, and demanding a certain standard of behaviour from the people that you interact with, in turn.
So, if the crisis that has occurred in your life is partly or wholly the fault of someone else, make a careful assessment of whether there’s a battle there that needs to be fought, for your own peace of mind. It might be that hiring a personal injury lawyer could be the first step on the road to rectifying the issue and regaining your sense of well-being.
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Recalibrate and reset your goals and targets
One of the worst things about any kind of life crisis, is that it inevitably throws many of your goals, expectations, and targets, out of the window, and puts you in a chaotic position that is hard to come to terms with.
The thing is, having goals and targets that we value, and that we regularly work towards, seems to be closely associated with a feeling of purpose and well-being, in a psychological sense.
You can’t realistically live without goals and targets, without major negative side-effects occurring automatically. So, instead of giving up on your goals and dreams, recalibrate and reset them so that they are manageable and achievable, in light of your changed circumstances.
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Seek out the company of people you can trust and who care about you
When you’re going through a difficult time in life, you’re always going to be in a much better position if you have at least a handful of people around you who you can trust, and who care about you.
That’s not to say that you have to confide all your troubles, concerns, and struggles, in other people. But, when times are tough, one of the best things you can do is to spend some meaningful time with your nearest and dearest.
This could be as simple as meeting up for coffee on a regular basis, or as in-depth is moving in together. Either way, trying to go it completely solo is likely a bad idea.
Staff Writer; Shelia Poole