It is not easy to live peacefully in the midst of chaos, it is not easy to maintain balance when there is a storm, when the wind passes between the hairs and whispers messages of fear with an uncertain taste in our ears.
We are designed to anticipate events, to respond emotionally and cognitively in a hasty way when panic strikes, however, ideal in the midst of these scenarios is to stay calm.
- In the fields of psychology and sociology.
- It is already accepted that this year’s word 2020 will be fear.
- The events present form a kaleidoscope marked by this word.
- And within which you can see from the ghost of the most irrational behavior to the most inclusive.
- Reactions.
- They are the ones who assume the presence of fear.
- But choose to face it with proactive behaviors to provide solutions to problems.
Psychiatrist Karl Augustus Menninger has already said that fears can be educated and that this is where we can take stronger measures, it is easy to say, but putting it into practice is perhaps the most complex and traumatic act that humans can perform. knocks on the door and takes away our calm, the mind becomes uncontrollable and, even more dangerous, infects others into a common enemy of extraordinary dimensions.
In this context, we must spread calm. This dimension can also be formed because, in the end, fear itself, anxiety and irrational behaviors are a virus that can also be learned to contain.
We have reached a point where we are metaphorically ill with so much bad news. Television, radio, our social networks? Disturbing data, disturbing facts, negative messages, all of which, taken together, are imposed in the face of any positive manifestation.
Also, when the time comes, negative news is always published before giving a little more hope, we do so without even applying the precautionary filter, without weighting whether what we publish is correct or not.
Well, it’s true that we have a right to know everything, that information gives power, and that we have to be in touch with the reality around us. But there are times when circumstances and certain facts are interpreted as threats and a sense of helplessness quickly arises. Not knowing what can happen tomorrow is undoubtedly what scares and limits man the most.
Are we used to controlling immediate reality? Or at least we think we did. Feeling that we are in the midst of chaos, that what was correct and safe yesterday is uncertain or no more, hurts and bothers us.
What can we do with these circumstances?
In a context of uncertainty, anxiety increases. To this is another factor: our environment, the information we receive, the people around us, infect us with their emotions and fears. Nothing arouses as much anguish as not knowing, as uncertainty itself.
An example: it’s much worse not knowing if we’re going to lose our job than to be sure we’ve lost it, the brain acts differently. It is therefore necessary to learn to tolerate uncertainty.
We have to assume that even though we don’t have control over certain things, we still control how we can respond to them. Here is the key.
In the midst of chaos, catastrophic thoughts do not help, they simply help us sink, in the midst of difficulties, into a scenario full of problems and doubts, the mind must be our ally, not an adversary that gets in our way at every turn. .
Therefore, it is essential that we be able to erase our minds from any toxic thinking, from any thought that fuels fear, and that instead of helping us with a solution, just add problems a day.
Let’s be aware of what’s going on in our minds and eliminate negative internal dialogue. Calm must be the beacon capable of guiding us through the darkness of chaos.
Answering, in difficult times, the question of who we want to be can help us in the midst of chaos Do you want to be a hero or a victim?Someone who helped or made the situation worse?
You choose, you decide which brand you will leave these days when we are called to give our best.
In crisis scenarios, calm is this companion capable of charting more serene and correct paths. Hand in hand, we’ll see things more clearly to know how to react, be proactive, and responsible.
It’s time to turn it on. It is time to be in the present and accept the changes of tomorrow and the uncertainties of the future. We must act together with serenity, intelligence and prudence.