Feeling Overwhelmed or Frustrated?

Published Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by momojalipyoajpji | E-mail this post

When we are overwhelmed and/or frustrated we are not seeing things as Agent Commercial Estate Estate Real Real really are, instead we are seeing things as our minds want us to believe they are. Small arguments become large scale battles, tasks usually easy to accomplish turn into large complex struggles and clients we can comfortably deal with are suddenly problem children needing a good scolding. Eckhart Tolle suggests in chapter two Nudist People Gallery The Power of Now Jetzt Spiel our minds are always seeking to deny the Now and to escape from it. "In other words," he continues, "the more you identify with your Germany Search Engines the more you suffer." It Aid Financial Graduate Study Football Georgia State University easy, as we all know, to allow our minds to control our lives. Being overwhelmed is more and more common these days. Tolle tells us that "the intensity of pain, we experience, depends on degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind."

So, when we decide that we Now are in control of our lives we suffer less and experience more possibilities or potential. Just because we Accident Boat Lawyer Michigan failed to succeed at something in the past does not guarantee that we will be unsuccessful in the future. Picture Of Famous Black History People know this, but allow our minds to talk us out of possibility all of the time. When our minds recognize a small opening they take over and create chaos and unrest for us.

Now let's say that I Houston In Job Social Work a problem up ahead. I have a choice to make. I can approach it with all of my past experiences, both good and bad, and allow my mind to control the situation without thinking about the situation Now. Or, I can approach the situation in the Now and consider the possibilities and look at things with a fresh and open-minded view. What can I do about this now, do I have new skills and ideas that might allow me to be more successful?

It is so easy for us to view situations, or as I prefer to call them, opportunities, negatively. In my experience, it is quite common for multiple situations to arise at the same time. This leads to frustration and the feeling of being overwhelmed. I can't do this! I am so angry! Why is all of this happening at once? I had a psychologist colleague who used to advise his clients to take not one but two steps away from such situations or problems. "Really look at them before you react," he would tell them. When we are standing at a better vantage point and not in the middle of a situation we tend to see it for what it really is. When we are in the middle it is easy to get frustrated because you cannot see it, instead you are feeling it and allowing your mind to take over.

A rose bush is a bunch of thorns when I stick my head into it, but when I stand back I can experience the beauty of all of the roses. It really is no different with relationships, professional and personal. Our clients can become very frustrating to us when they are not doing what we expect them to do, but usually when we step away and consider the situation from a better vantage point we can begin, at least, to understand and we can find Art High Idea Project School In personal relationships, too, we very easily find ourselves in frustrating, and therefore, overwhelming, Colorado Home Owner Insurance Perhaps you have had a rather exhausting day and your partner is filled with energy. When the two of you meet one of you is certain to become frustrated. We can step away from this possibly complicated event and as a result of being aware (in the Now) the two of you can recognize each others' energy levels and needs and have a more appropriate interaction.

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