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Life in Times of Stress

Stress is such a peculiar emotion, that even I have a tough time describing it. Defined by my psychology textbook as “ the pattern of responses an organism makes to stimulus event that disturbs the equilibrium and exceeds a person's ability to cope”, stress has increasingly become a part of our day-to-day vocabulary. The prognosis, doesn’t sound good.

Work pressure, deadlines, conflicts in relationships and even school exams have become sources of stress for today’s generation. This stress leads to a number of negative emotions, from anxiety to panic to anger. Everything in today’s world is rushed, no one has the patience or the time to sit back and look around us for once. How many of us can stop for a second, look at how we’re living and say that we’re happy? Or at least ‘not sad’?

I asked this question to myself, and was surprised. I had no major problems, yet was unhappy. I have my exams and I have to study- thus I’m not happy because I can’t go hangout with my friends. Yet these were the same subjects I’d chosen out of pure passion and interest. This endless greed for so called “happiness” driven by unrealistic expectations makes us forget that what we need in life is not happiness, but peace.

We can be as optimistic as we can but, hey, you never know if you’ll wake up the next day. Life is too short to be angry and stressed. Sometimes, somethings are just too important to not be stressed about them. But it’s okay. However important it may be, it’s never the end of the world. As a believer in destiny, I’d like to think that something better is in store for us if we miss this opportunity. Being stressed isn’t helping anything except deteriorating your health. So to quote the father of our nation, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

So what if you have your board exam tomorrow? A small funny chit chat with your friend won’t do you any harm. Or probably a little snack that you’d like, maybe a few minutes of funny videos on YouTube?  It takes so little to make kids happy.  After all, if a small move to make our inner child happy helps, why not go for it?  As I said, if not this exam, then some other. Nothing gives us an excuse to be unhappy or stressed, the whole point of life is to live every moment, ain’t it?

Comments

  1. ArvindhMarch 7, 2023 at 9:02 PM

    Awww This is so good. Loved it. Proud of you avanthika 🥰

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  2. csmkrishnaMarch 13, 2023 at 12:26 PM

    Well written. Life is to enjoy. Not to worry of an unknown tomorrow. Changing the way we think helps mannaging stress, and brought me out of high BP.

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