Ways To Cope With Adversities
Adversity is any unfavourable situation that is not conductive to realisation of ones goals. It is a situation that is seemingly out of our control, defy known solutions and seem to threaten our existence or survival, at least temporarily, leading to moments of anxiety, frustration, feelings of guilt, helplessness and sense of inadequacy. Following are some of the more specific situations. The details in each individual situations may however vary:
1. Loss of job or gainful employment.
2. Business failure.
3. Loss of income.
4. Separation from near and dear.
5. Prolonged illness.
6. Repeated rejections and failures.
7. Reduced income or excessive debts.
8. Relationship problems and conflicts.
9. Unfavourable circumstances or environment.
10. Conflict with Law or institutions.
The coping strategies we usually evolve to deal with difficult situations are products of our individual awareness, past experiences, belief systems and the environment in which we live. In some societies people consider adversity as a consequence of ones wrong actions either in this life or in some previous ones. They attribute it to the combination of stars and circumstances and look to universal forces for necessary guidance, intervention or help.
Fundamentally each of us is endowed with an inherent capacity to deal with adverse situations. We all are great survivors and heroes of this world in our own ways. In this vast universe we are undoubtedly unique beings because we learned in the shortest span of our history how to cope with different situations and adapt ourselves to different challenges.
Despite our propensity to misjudge ourselves and underestimate our own abilities and potentialities or lead ourselves astray, we have the innate intelligence to understand a situation and deal with it. We known how to sense the environment around us and establish some meaningful relationship with it.
We are incapable of appreciating this heroic struggle of our ancestors and this story of our stupendous success, because we are disunited and divided on racial, religious or national grounds and are busy with our petty politics for control and conflicts for resources. Many of us tend to take pride for being part of a particular race, nation, or religion, caste or community. We hardly appreciate the fact that we are part of a great humankind, a unique form of life in the vast spaces of the gigantic universe.
1. Loss of job or gainful employment.
2. Business failure.
3. Loss of income.
4. Separation from near and dear.
5. Prolonged illness.
6. Repeated rejections and failures.
7. Reduced income or excessive debts.
8. Relationship problems and conflicts.
9. Unfavourable circumstances or environment.
10. Conflict with Law or institutions.
The coping strategies we usually evolve to deal with difficult situations are products of our individual awareness, past experiences, belief systems and the environment in which we live. In some societies people consider adversity as a consequence of ones wrong actions either in this life or in some previous ones. They attribute it to the combination of stars and circumstances and look to universal forces for necessary guidance, intervention or help.
Fundamentally each of us is endowed with an inherent capacity to deal with adverse situations. We all are great survivors and heroes of this world in our own ways. In this vast universe we are undoubtedly unique beings because we learned in the shortest span of our history how to cope with different situations and adapt ourselves to different challenges.
Despite our propensity to misjudge ourselves and underestimate our own abilities and potentialities or lead ourselves astray, we have the innate intelligence to understand a situation and deal with it. We known how to sense the environment around us and establish some meaningful relationship with it.
We are incapable of appreciating this heroic struggle of our ancestors and this story of our stupendous success, because we are disunited and divided on racial, religious or national grounds and are busy with our petty politics for control and conflicts for resources. Many of us tend to take pride for being part of a particular race, nation, or religion, caste or community. We hardly appreciate the fact that we are part of a great humankind, a unique form of life in the vast spaces of the gigantic universe.
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