HOW ANXIETY HOLDS HUMANS DOWN AS AN EFFECT OF CYCLIC FAILURES
We worry. Everyone worries. It’ll be prejudicial to deny the fact that we worry. We worry about a new job, about a fiancé, about fertility issues, getting admission into tertiary institutions. We've looked at people in church, in the bank, super-marts and all of a sudden started to feel insecure. Comparison is generally the fast track to unhappiness. It’s a recipe for misery. All it does is keeps you focused what you dislike about yourself and your life. As a first child, I tend to worry even more because I try hard to set reliable examples for Obi to follow. Most imperatively, I don't want to be a shame and bring ignominy to my parents. Typical chauvinistic African Society makes us believe that we must “make it” because our friends that “made it” don’t have two heads. At 16 , “Rhoda got admission to Study Nursing the US” . At 21 , “Oh my God, Chika just got a new job with a huge accounting firm”. At 25, “You remember Kene from high school? Her boyfriend finally...