Society and Lifestyle

Learning how to see yourself in your own reflection can increase self-compassion, aid stress management, and improve relationships and emotional resilience.   Life is not easy. It is a bumpy ride till the end. And we as humans are constantly trying to find the purpose of our lives. After every single hiccup, we raise a doubt whether we are on the right path or not? Are we doing it right? This self-doubt is incessant and likely to be addictive because we can bring it up anytime. I am one of the above individuals who adore self-doubts . I always thought that self-critic, with an adequate amount, is an advantage. It will push you to do things. But it never ceases and goes out of your hand. Even with a little hitch, they present themselves automatically. Eventually, there was no need for any trouble; they were always in my head, giving their opinions. So to cut them out, I had to take a step, but where to begin.                     ...

  “What if I did not clear this interview?”,“What if they did not like me back?”,“What if I fail?” There are incessant “what ifs” waiting for you to call them out and build on them. If you are a horror fanatic, you know that saying the name of the demon out loud makes them more active. The same applies to the ‘what ifs’. These are the demons of our lives. Amid these questions, ranting or venting is so easy that we hardly try to figure the answers. The answer to, what if I fail? can easily be deciphered. The problem can be solved by just turning 'what ifs' to 'even ifs'. But all these questions are inducing fear and pulling us back from taking any step forward. Rather than preparing for the upcoming event, we are questioning ourselves again and again. Darius Foroux’s “Win your inner battles” , used a different approach to understand fears. According to the book, when men used to hunt, the fear helped them warn against some grave dangers, for example, being lynched by...