Tag: panic

Unexpected

Posted on by philipdodson

We are now almost unable to cope with unexpected.

We have been conditioned so long to safe, certain, risk-free, ironclad, sure things that when the wheels come off, we seem to go into individual or collective meltdown.

Human beings came from the plains of Africa 70,000 years ago to inhabit every corner of the globe and thrived on what was around the next corner, thrived on unexpected, relished the adventure that is the magic of life and overcame unbelievable obstacles and setbacks.

Now, if the milk is one day out-of-date panic breaks out.

Plain sailing never stays that way, look forward to the unexpected and drop the fear of it. Life is amazing when we do not know the outcome.

Panic on the streets of…

Posted on by philipdodson

So went the lyrics from The Smiths song. It could be panic on any street anywhere in the world.

We all get moments of panic and it is normal, after all we’re human.

Viktor Frankl once said ‘between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom’.

We choose how we react and when panic sets in, we can either spiral into a pit of despair or we can switch to a different mindset.

It’s about asking ourselves different questions and moving from worry and blame to solution focused questions. Seeing where we can apply our knowledge and learning to find solutions. We then start to regain control.

Gradually the panic subsides and we can start to think calmly and look at how we can bring about the right outcome.