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by anibalfernando 2878 days ago
Hi. I have suffered from thinking about the future as something dangerous (a question of life or death) that is determined from each decision I make. It has helped me a lot: 1) The faith: what is going to happen, what should happen. And that to receive it as learning. A spiritual conception has let me not be so attached to life. Knowing that if death comes it has a meaning. And that there is a transcendence. 2) Do not manipulate with the intention of achieving my benefit. Giving meaning to the life of the common good. 3) Communicate: Talk about what happens to my family and friends. Do not keep it for me, expose me. 4) Put myself in the role that I should occupy: At work, as an employee. In my family, as a brother, as a son. With the doctor, as a patient ... This order helped me to a better social development and a greater simplicity in my mind. At the beginning, it cost me a lot to respect the treatment. I thought that I would not be able to develop professionally (I'm a systems engineer), and that I would lose intelligence. But with family help, with patience and learning to be more flexible, medication has been reduced to a minimum. It's a process that has taken me years (and I'm still in process). I appreciate everything that happened to me, because it has brought me many learnings.