ROLLERCOASTER!
W hat
do you think defines life?
Emphatic highs and hard-hitting lows
shape up life’s graph! In every
amusement park, the most anticipated
ride
is
the
Rollercoaster.
The
sudden changes in the course and
the rapid breaks increase the “wow”
factor of this ride. Twists and turns in
a ride might give happiness, knowing
the fact that it lasts only for a few
minutes. But what if these things come
as a part of life? Then it becomes a
nightmare. Most people of this
generation are regularly getting into
cycles of stress, anxiety, and depression; I
am no exception. From random
tantrums to sleepless nights, I have been
there
and
done
that.
Having
gone through all the trouble, I try
to stay optimistic and look forward to
the next day. How? you ask me, well,
it took a lot of courage and a
strong support system to jump over
this mammoth-sized hurdle!
Flashback a few years, you will find me
as a chirpy, carefree being, until one day,
everything changed. Till then, I never
imagined myself as a strong person.
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Tough times test your strongest
capabilities. Like an unwelcome guest,
when that turbulent storm hit, I was
startled for a while. My world changed
diametrically and I suffered alone on the
opposite island. I convinced myself so
hard that it will be alright and all this
will go away. But it never came back to
normal. Having it all inside my head
and building up the tension, became
harder, as the days passed by. Then,
after one long night of anxiety-attacks, I
figured out that the only way to put out
this “fire” was to confide. The most
trustworthy ears and purest hearts came
to my aide. I finally decided to tell my
problem to my mom and dad. I cried,
wept, screamed and let go off of all my
emotions to them. All they did was
patiently listen to me and offered the
most logical solution.
When I look back today, if not for these
two angels in disguise, I wonder what
path my life would have taken. When
life gives you hard times, getting
stressed and falling into the vicious cycle
of depression is very normal.