The pressure builds. Thoughts are cluttered. The grip is loosening and the reality of losing is upon you.

This sense of hopelessness can be consuming. It can engulf and cloud all rational views and thoughts. It can bring with it a feeling of isolation and loneliness, the thought that you are the only one suffering. Thoughts that no one else understands your feelings and what you are going through. It can cause you to feel like the victim and that it is all just too unfair.

Although this may seem unlikely at the time, this can be an opportunity to grow. But it’s about choice. How will you deal with this? Will you react negatively or positively? Which path will you take?