Trying not to lose control // Intentando no perder el control
I want to thank my dear @sacra97 for thinking of me and inviting me to this contest and I take this opportunity to extend the invitation to
@zhanavic69,
@carolinacardoza and
@antoniarhuiz to join us and share their experiences. I read you girls!
Now, my hands are already itching because I want to start doing therapy through writing, you don't know how much I'm needing it.
1锔忊儯 What actions do you recommend to keep control in difficult moments?
Open up. Walk away. That's what I recommend and what I do. Before I used to defend myself, try to assert my points of view and my arguments, but I have realized that everyone believes what they want to believe and the more I try to defend my position, the more the other party only sees it as excuses or that I need psychological therapy, because they think I am losing my mind.
I will put you in context:
My older sister (she has been with me for over fifteen years), has always been very hard on me, nothing I do is okay with her. When I was working, she has always referred to my jobs as "that little job", in a derogatory way. When I was promoted, she didn't even congratulate me, but when in one of them, there was downsizing and I was fired, she said "I knew, you have always failed at everything".
Then she gave me advice and I often listened to her because she is my older sister and because she has a lot of convincing power, she is very persuasive and has always achieved what she wanted.
As long as I can remember, she has always been like that. But my internal conflict is that when I fainted and fractured my skull, she hugged me crying and when I got pregnant, she was the one who supported me the most.
This kind of attitude confuses me. And when she, in the past, would tell me something that was unfair and the more I tried to defend myself, the more she would get mad at me and when I exploded, she would start saying that I had problems, that I was crazy, but the truth is that she pushed me to the limit.
That's why, nowadays, when she tells me something that hurts me, that is unfair or something offensive, I keep quiet and the most she can get from me is this response: "ok, it's fine". Then she, since she has no one to argue with, just moves on to something else or continues to say I need therapy, because I don't care about anything.
2锔忊儯 In which aspects of your life you are grateful for not being 100% in control?
Mainly in decisions that have to do with aspects of other people's lives.
Let's start with the point that we don't have absolute control over everything in our lives. For example, I am not in control of every aspect of my life. Right now, I have been out of work for over two months, I have been looking for a job at literally every company that will post an ad and at others that I just know are good companies, I send out my resume because it never hurts. Who knows if someone will like my resume and hire me?
So, this is one of the aspects of life where I don't have control. Believe me I wish I did, but this aspect, it's out of my hands.
But I don't like to be in control of everything, I'm not that kind of person who likes to be controlling, like my sister. No, I just want to be happy, to be calm. That if any person does not agree with me, to stay away from me.
Thank you for reading and sharing this time with me. It means a lot to me.
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Espa帽ol
Quiero agradecer a mi querida @sacra97 por pensar en m铆 e invitarme a este concurso y aprovecho la oportunidad para extender la invitaci贸n a
@zhanavic69,
@carolinacardoza y
@antoniarhuiz para que se unan y nos compartan sus experiencias. 隆Las leo, chicas!
Ahora bien, ya las manos me pican porque quiero comenzar a hacer terapia a trav茅s de la escritura, no saben cu谩nto la estoy necesitando.
1锔忊儯 驴Qu茅 acciones recomiendas para mantener el control en momentos dif铆ciles?
Abrirse. Alejarse. Es lo que yo recomiendo y lo que hago. Antes sol铆a defenderme, tratar de hacer valer mis puntos de vista y mis argumentos, pero me he dado cuenta de que cada quien cree lo que quiere creer y mientras m谩s yo trate de defender mi posici贸n, la otra parte solo lo ve como excusas o que necesito terapia psicol贸gica, porque piensan que estoy perdiendo la raz贸n.
Los pondr茅 en contexto:
Mi hermana mayor (me lleva m谩s de quince a帽os), siempre ha sido muy dura conmigo, nada de lo que yo haga est谩 bien para ella. Cuando estaba trabajando, ella siempre se ha referido a mis empleos como "el trabajito ese", de una manera despectiva. Cuando me ascend铆an, ella ni siquiera me felicitaba, pero cuando en uno de ellos, hubo reducci贸n de personal y me echaron, ella dijo "yo sab铆a, siempre has fracasado en todo".
Despu茅s me daba consejos y yo muchas veces le hac铆a caso porque es mi hermana mayor y porque ella tiene mucho poder de convencimiento, es muy persuasiva y siempre ha logrado lo que ha querido.
Desde siempre, desde que tengo uso de raz贸n, ella ha sido as铆. Pero mi conflicto interno es que, cuando yo me desmay茅 y me fractur茅 el cr谩neo, ella me abrazaba llorando y cuando sal铆 embarazada, ella fue quien m谩s me apoy贸.
Este tipo de actitudes me confunde. Y cuando ella, en el pasado, me dec铆a algo que era injusto y mientras yo m谩s tratase de defenderme, m谩s se ensa帽aba conmigo y cuando yo explotaba, ella comenzaba a decir que yo ten铆a problemas, que estaba loca, pero lo cierto es que me llevaba al l铆mite.
Por eso es que, hoy en d铆a, cuando me dice algo que me hiere, que es injusto o alguna ofensa, yo me quedo callada y lo m谩s que puede obtener de m铆 es esta respuesta: "ok, est谩 bien". Entonces ella, como no tiene con qui茅n discutir, simplemente pasa a otra cosa o contin煤a diciendo que necesito terapia, porque todo me da igual.
2锔忊儯 驴En qu茅 aspectos de tu vida agradeces no tener el control al 100%?
Principalmente en decisiones que tengan que ver con aspectos de la vida de los dem谩s.
Empecemos por el punto de que no tenemos absoluto control de todo en nuestras vidas. Por ejemplo, yo no tengo el control de todos los aspectos de mi vida. Ahora mismo, llevo m谩s de dos meses sin trabajar, he buscado empleo literalmente en cada empresa que publique un anuncio y en otras que simplemente s茅 que son buenas compa帽铆as, env铆o mi curriculum porque nunca est谩 de m谩s. 驴Qui茅n sabe si a alguien le guste mi curriculum y me contrate?
Entonces, este es uno de los aspectos de la vida en los que no tengo el control. Cr茅ame que quisiera tenerlo, pero este aspecto, escapa de mis manos.
Pero no me gusta tener el control de todo, no soy ese tipo de personas que les gusta ser controladoras, como mi hermana. No, yo solo quiero ser feliz, estar tranquila. Que si alguna persona no est谩 de acuerdo conmigo, que se aleje de m铆.
Gracias por leerme y compartir conmigo. Significa mucho para m铆.
Cr茅ditos:
馃搶Escrito 100% original, propiedad de @purrix.
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