Surviving The Storm-Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Growth

in HiveGhana10 months ago (edited)
Hello guys,

I hope you’re having a good day and I wish you all a blessed week. This is my submission to the hive Ghana contest for the week and I’m very excited to share my experiences with you guys.

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Life is life and as we all know, nothing good comes easy. Everyone has one or two problems in their lives once in a while whether you’re poor or rich. You’d even be surprised some rich people have more problems than the poor. That’s just how life is. Everything is so unpredictable and that is why we always have to brace ourselves for the worst.

Problems in our life can arise from various places. We can have problems with our friends, family, teachers, partners and even strangers. Sometimes too it’s just with yourself. Yes, one can have problems with themselves. With all these problems we don’t just sit and wait for everything to get better but what do we do? We strive to make things better for ourselves because we know that we have to fight for ourselves and our lives.

I have had a lot of problems in my life just as you also have. I have been through some pretty difficult times that I didn’t think I would have made it out and today I am going to share my story with you and let you know how I have been able to make it this far in my life.

For some people, difficult times last for just a few days or at most a weeks. For others, it’s long term and I fall into this category. I was once in a difficult place for a very long time. It wasn’t about money or school but it was about the people around me which I wouldn’t want to go into details about. These people put me in a very tight spot where I felt I was trapped and I had no other option. I would cry the whole day and sleep. I wasn’t eating well and I wasn’t doing anything at all. I would just lay in bed all day with my thoughts because I didn’t have anyone I could really trust.

At some point I realised that no one really gave a shit about what I was going through so instead of wallowing in self pity and misery why don’t I try to make things better for myself. Why don’t I make things better for myself and that’s just what I did. I had to make some hard decisions I didn’t even know where they would lead me to but it was worth a try.

I found someone I could trust and made sure to talk to the person about what I was going through because I realised keeping everything to myself was a very bad decision. I mean you know when you just feel so much anger in you when you think about something and nothing seems to calm you down? That’s how I felt and I knew it wasn’t healthy so I found what worked best for me which was speaking to someone and I did that. Today I look back and I don’t regret any of those decisions I made because those decisions have made me who I am today.

Sometimes I sit and look back to those days when everything felt suffocating and I thought my life would come crashing down. Well look at me today, alive and kicking.😅 Today I want to tell anyone going through a difficult time out there right now that even if no one gives a shit about you, you have you and you should give a shit about yourself. Some people have their family and their friends while some literally have no one and that’s life but with all that, make sure you don’t stay in that position for long. Make sure you fight your way out one way or the other because tough times never last , tough people do.

I hope you enjoyed reading this and learnt something today. Thank you.


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Ouch!! You echoed my position... I suffered and had same stuff...pent up anger, frustration and I shout and cry... although its lot less... and my health is well past 2 years horrible... I lost a lot... dignity, and no one actually likes you...

Even now...I suffer... and perhapes I have to make a hard decision... because I am stuck...

anyway... I am glad you made it through, does it give me hope... I don't know, depends when your used to being meserable all your life, nothing matters...

Still, I do wish to have peace and sucess in terms of making money, both look very dismal and its hard to make a hard decision.

I vent out a lot in comments... yawns... anyway

Whatever you’re going through, know that there’s someone out there going through the same shit. It’s unhealthy to keep anger so it’s best to vent out.

It’s hard sometimes but it will pass. No situation is permanent. I wish you the best.

I was once in a difficult place for a very long time. It wasn’t about money or school but it was about the people around me which I wouldn’t want to go into details about.

Oh i was ready to read some gist😏

Anyway, i think it’s amazing youve been able to speak up about it and heal. Those people obviously didn’t deserve to make you feel that way.

Go and sleep, you want gist.😂😂

Anyway, i think it’s amazing youve been able to speak up about it and heal. Those people obviously didn’t deserve to make you feel that way.

I’m able to speak up about it because I knew I wasn’t supposed to let people treat me that way no matter who they are to be and I made sure it never happened again.

I want to be like you when I grow up🤲🏽😭😂

Please o😂😂

I am so moved with this post , no matter what I will keep on moving

 10 months ago (edited) 

That’s good th hear. There’s light at the end of the tunnel, remember.

Yes I will

I am glad you came out strong.

I’m glad I did too, thank you .

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"I would cry the whole day and sleep. I wasn’t eating well and I wasn’t doing anything at all. I would just lay in bed all day with my thoughts because I didn’t have anyone I could really trust."

Sometimes it's very painful when you face such situation. If no one is near you could hurt yourself. That is more dangerous being in room alone. We thank God you were finally escaped from this situation. My pleasure 😁.

I don’t think I’d ever think of hurting myself but well , we never know what we can do in some situations.
Thanks for passing by.

I agree with you. Many of us face similar situations and we can all learn from each other's experiences in order to make other people's journey a bit easier. 😃

 10 months ago (edited) 

That very true. We need to be kind to others because you never know what someone is going through.

Thankfully, you’ve been able to come out of that situation strong. They say sharing your problems makes them half solved and is nice to see that worked for you.

I hope I can be as strong as you 🙂

Are you saying you’re not strong? You’re just trying to make fun of me.