Love Life Through a Crisis
Loving life though a crisis can be a big challenge indeed. Once a crisis happens in one’s life, the general feeling for many people would be quite on the negative. 
A crisis breeds negativity and hopelessness for a lot of people who go through it. But there are ways that this can be managed. People can try to handle a crisis from a more objective view and try to come out of it wiser and stronger instead of feeling failure and defeat.
Here are 5 ways you can effectively handle a crisis and still love life:
Objectively assess the magnitude of the situation. There are times that a certain crisis only seems to look hopeless until one tries to take a closer look. Initial reactions to certain crises tend to be a bit exaggerated. A crisis can look quite hopeless at first glance but can actually be something not as serious after making some assessments.
Try to look for ways that one can still have some control over. Crisis can make people think that the situation is beyond their control and may feel helpless. But a crisis can still have something that people may have control of to handle such a situation. During times of crisis, reacting emotionally can lead to rash decisions tat can even put one into more serious circumstances at the worst. Trying to find some means of control over the situation can have a stabilizing effect that would help one think more objectively rather than emotionally.
Don’t look at the problem as a whole. Doing so can make the crisis look like that it affects ones entire life. But there are usually some things that may not be affected by the crisis. There are some aspects in life that are way outside from being affected by a certain crisis. It is important for a person to be able to separate those things that are directly affected by the crisis from those that are not. Separating things that are affected by the crisis from those that are not can help reduce the situation to its actual size.
Do not do it alone. There are times that people would try to isolate themselves during a crisis. A possible reason would be not trying other people to be affected by it. But this can be a big mistake. It may be possible that there are some people who may have once gone through a certain crisis similar to yours. By not being able to share it, you may not be able to get wise and sagely advice on how to handle it from the very person who has actually gone through the same ordeal. And just by knowing that someone has done better after going such a crisis may also help give hope and reinforcement that such a situation can effectively be overcome.
Search for information on the problem. The world is full of information regarding anything in the world, including coping up with crisis. All a person needs to do is to look for it and use the ones that may prove helpful in trying to handle the crisis. Doing these things effectively can help a person still experience loving life despite crisis.
We have all heard the saying “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” so drink up. Loving life is the best way to be healthy and balanced.
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For me, the two most important suggestions you offer are to not think of the crisis as affecting your whole life, to find those aspects that may not be affected and to not do it alone, get support.