When Life Throws a Curveball

Right when you feel like life is going well, it throws a curve ball, and you feel like you’re sinking to rock bottom. That’s something that has happened to me recently. And I think that it’s something that happens to each one of us at some point or the other.

So what do you do when something like that happens? My first instinct was to curl into a ball and cry, to keep sleeping and never get out of the bed. I wanted to sit in a dark room and wake up only when the storm passed. I was depressed and broken with my anxiety reaching new heights. But I didn’t have the luxury of being able to do all that because I had to fight the situation. I had to pull up my socks, wake up and fight.

So I turned to the one thing that had helped me a long time back in a similar situation. I restarted therapy.

Why Therapy Is More Than Just Talking

Now you might think that a session of venting to someone for an hour or two every week is not going to help. But therapy is not just talking. You learn to acknowledge what you truly feel in that deep dark space of your mind. Something that you’re too scared or ashamed to admit to anyone, most of all to yourself.

You process and when you process it starts to lower the hormone called cortisol in your body which is a stress hormone and increases your depression, your anxiety and makes your body physically take a hit.

How Healing Happens Over Time

Session after session, and the days started getting better. It did not make the situation go away, but it helped me deal with it in a far healthier and stronger way.

The Mind–Body Connection

What we don’t realize a lot of times is that our mind and body are connected in a deep spiritual way. When our mind obsesses our body begins to shut down because that’s the only way our mind can be helped.

Our brain gets tired of the constant overthinking, our nerves get rattled and our body wants to just go to sleep so that our brain can stop working.

Living With Anxiety & Choosing Courage

As someone who already suffers from GAD, I know that for a lot of people out there, this is easier said than done. Especially when our mind starts to feel like our enemy.

The trick is to acknowledge that the mind is just overworked and let it rest for a while so it can reset. Go for that therapy session and keep going especially when you feel like you’re better. Because that’s when your mind is doing most of the work.

It’s not weak to ask for help, it’s not weak to need someone to help your mind. You are in fact courageous for standing up and realizing that you’re in a whole lot of shit and you need that help to come out of it.

My father told me something once that has never left me – Courage is not the absence of fear, but to move ahead despite it.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What should you do when life feels overwhelming?

Acknowledge your emotions, seek support, and allow yourself help to prevent mental burnout.

2. How does therapy help with anxiety and depression?

Therapy helps process emotions, reduce stress hormones, and build healthier coping patterns.

3. Is asking for help a sign of weakness?

No. Asking for help is an act of courage and self-awareness.

4. Why does the body shut down during emotional overload?

The body slows down as a protective response when the mind is overwhelmed.