Crisis

Crisis is something we will all face in our lives. That can be a scary thought if you don't know how to handle those situations. I learned so much this week about our brain processes during crisis and how to counteract the things that make it hard for us to cope. Crisis is an important part of life. We need it in order to become stronger. An analogy used in class was that crisis in our lives is like how our bones need pressure and they need to be torn down in order to be made stronger. Bones that have undergone a lot of stress and pressure are much stronger than those that have not. An interesting definition of crisis is danger plus opportunity. Crisis can bring stress into our life and it makes it hard to have functioning relationships but if we endure it well and learn from the challenges, we have the opportunity to make our lives better. We are given the opportunity, through a crisis, to improve ourselves. During the crisis, it can be hard to have a positive outlook, but it is crucial to your mental well-being to have at least a few positive thoughts. If you look at your trials with a negative eye, it leads you to believe negative things about more of your life than just that trial that is occuring. Alot of times, we don't even realize we are having negative thoughts. This is what makes challenges so much more challenging. We need to shift our focus from seeing the trial as a bad thing and look at what the trial might be teaching you. I think if you try to find something to learn from it, then you will get more out of the crisis in the end. With a negative outlook, you don't see the blessings that await you in the end. Many times, your experiences can be used to motivate and encourage others who might be going through the same things. I think that is an important part of why we are all different and why we all have different experiences. We can help each other and learn from each other. When we work forward rather than being overwhelmed, we can find the real reason for the crisis. Taking it one step at a time, we can learn and become better people.