Except for the very worst scenarios, such as death and serious illness. Your assessment of a difficult situation is generally much worse than the outcome. I learned this a lot from writing a diary. Particularly from the points where I reached panic stations, which is particularly when I write the diary, it turns out.
Understanding that usually what happens is a combination of the best and the worst possible outcomes, divided by 2 and struck in the middle, is always the best way to think. Not just when the situation looks dire, but also when the situation looks amazing. It's always the same, ‘not too high with the highs, not too low with the lows’.
Sometimes what we need, though, is just the help of someone else to be able to show us the way, or to tell us, or to reassure us of the fact that things are generally better (or worse).
Finding those people and sticking by them is one of the greatest things you can possibly achieve in trying to navigate the challenges that life inevitably throws at you.
Blog Post Number - 4337