The worse the state of health and the narrower the inner circle of thoughts, the more resolutely you need to pull yourself out of it by the collar, says Psychologies columnist Sergei Volkov.
Ask me: “Are you a healthy person?” – and I will answer you: “No, no and no! I am a very sick person. It hurts here, here, and here again. In principle, I can serve as a free comprehensive guide for medical students.” I have a disability of the third group. A kilogram of drugs in a bag. And a tendency to hypochondria on this basis. That is why I try to travel a lot to different places in Russia and the world. Where is the logic? She doesn’t exist at all. Sick? Sit at home. Take pills and worry less. And it’s like this for me: the more I feel sick, the harder and harsher I drive myself out of the house.
One of the worst things that can happen to a person is pupation. The collapse of the world. Shrinking horizon. To ossify and stop is worth nothing. Once, on a kayaking trip, one of my ailments came upon me. Small but nasty. The medicines did not help, my mood dropped, and gradually I felt that I was in some kind of closed inner circle, which is a little bit more – and I will start to go crazy from the feeling of a dead end. Medicine – zero effect – disappointment – more medicine – zero effect – irritation and frustration – more medicine …
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The prospect of going insane suddenly frightened me so much that I immediately crawled out of the tent where I had indulged in despondency and forced myself to go play volleyball, no matter what. Then he got into his boots and went fishing. Then he sat down by the fire and drew himself almost by the scruff of the neck into a general cheerful conversation, into laughter and songs. And the closed circle began to slowly tear, open up, a breath of fresh air blew in, distances loomed – and solutions were found, prospects arose. It has become much easier – and physically as well.
Since then, I decided this: the worse the state of health and the narrower the inner circle of thoughts, the more resolutely you need to pull yourself out of it by the collar. The more boldly it is necessary to plan life and invent different differences for yourself in front of you. For example, travel. Just as a plant, without reasoning, seeks to dig its new root into any suitable piece of land, so I try to stake out some route ahead, buy myself a ticket somewhere – so as not to get out. Over the past year, I drove myself to Bulgaria, Sakhalin, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Switzerland, France and Germany, and I also have a trip to the Indians in the Rocky Mountains of the USA. Every time I curse myself before leaving, I’m afraid of getting sick, forgetting the necessary things, not sorting out the hotel, transport, communication in the language … Every time I think: “Idiot, why couldn’t you stay at home, on a soft sofa? .. Where and why are you carrying?.. What are you going to do when your stomach is seized on the plane?.. ”And every time I see a sale of tickets on the Internet, I maniacally click on the link…