Frustration…. Can We Deal with It?

Frustration… I am sure this emotion has never left any mortal untouched…Yet we dread it… So much that the very mention of it is enough to cause so many responses in our body and mind, that we begin to feel frustrated already!

Frustration is an emotion, which we often find uncontrollable. It is a state of being in which not only there is mental involvement, but also emotional and psychological involvement too.. and this leads to involvement of the physical element! Well, thats too much of involvement involved

Why do we get frustrated?

Most often we get frustrated, when we donot get what we want, or something isn’t done the way we wanted it. There are times we get frustrated due to comparison, when we compare ourselves with others and find that there is something lacking, we end up getting jealous and frustrated. If we donot get the fruits of our hard work we get frustrated.. There are many legible and many trivial reasons why we get frustrated…

The Vicious Circle of Frustration

When someone is frustrated, he/she does something or the other, that leads to even more frustration. For instance, if am frustrated because my neighbour has a Porsche and I dont, then I, being the sage-soul, try to earn more and more so that I too can buy a Porsche. But what if your neighbour took bribes and you didn’t? And then you see that he still has a better car.. FRUSTRATION!!! Its a loop.. unending loop…

How to break through this vicious circle of frustration?

We can fight frustration and control it totally, only if we learn to understand ourselves, only we learn to weigh things in the right balance, view them from the correct point of view, and TRY being happy…rather satisfied with what we have.. it may sound so familiar, and so waste of time to read all this… but its so easy when put into practice…

If you see your neighbour with a Porsche, think God has better plans for you, think your old motor bike is much better, because you have shared a part of your life with it! If you are frustrated , tell yourself that YOU ARE NOT FRUSTRATED, that you are HAPPY, think of the good times, think of your love, think about your children….. I am sure your frustration will vanish like thin air…

Try it! and tell me if it worked! and pile on your comments because this is a vast topic, let us share effective ways of fighting this dragon called frustration, lest it should engulf all of us ….

Md.G.D.Faisal