Good day, amazing people of Hive Blockchain. Welcome back to my blog. It is another edition in the #hivelearners community. I am so delighted to participate in this week's prompt anxiety. Being anxious is one thing I hate so much; during this state, I will be so restless I will not be able to focus at work or even make a decision.
There is nothing wrong in being anxious; what really matters is our ability to handle our anxiety. Most times when I am anxious, I will start breathing like a Christmas goat. Anxiety has to do with our emotions; there is no human who doesn’t feel anxious. Anxiety is really bad; it is capable of destroying someone. It can make one trapped in one place if not handled well, and it can put one in a state of depression.
On several occasions anxiety has affected my daily engagement. Anxiety may look like a little thing, but it is a serious situation that one should fight against; it is capable of ruining someone's future if not managed properly.
If I say at a point in my life I have not been anxious, I will be lying. There are so many times when I am about to take decisions; anxiety will come, and I will be so nervous and tense. I try to fight it, and I get to realise it is not something I can just fight; it will take time for me to overcome it.
There are people that are always happy when they have a presentation to speak in public. To me, it is not like that; I am always frightened when it comes to speaking in a crowd. I am always afraid of speaking in public; it has always become one of my major challenges. I can remember when I was defending my project; I was scared when I looked at my lecturers, my fellow students and the extra supervisor. I was so frightened that before I knew what was happening, I was seriously sweating, and my heart was rapidly beating so fast that the stage fright was too much that my lecturers noticed it. I was stung; I couldn’t focus. Immediately my head went blank. All the times I had read and memorised disappeared from my head; I was so empty. One of the external supervisors has to tell me to calm down.
I took a deep breath in order to remember all I had read and tell myself I could do this. My classmates started cheering me up;
I found my lost voice and confidence. I was able to flow well, and at the end my lecturers were so proud of me.
At the end of the presentation, our head of department called me to his office, asking me why I wanted to let anxiety have control over me, and that I was so prepared that I made the department proud; for the first time, he bought lunch for me.
It's not always easy to tackle anxiety, but I was so determined that I would not let anxiety have charge over me and ruin my future. I promise myself that I will never be stuck in anxiety.
Self-care has really helped me to fight anxiety. I do things that make me happy, and I celebrate every little thing I achieve.
Being anxious is normal. What really matters is our ability to handle it well so that it will not ruin our future.
This is my entry on the #hivelearners edition community topic anxiety.
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