When The Walls Are Closing In...

 

How often do we feel THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN?  NOT so often I guess.  That did happen to me quite a few times in the past, so you might ask, WHAT was it like?  My curt reply:  I ready to run for my life and into my bunker, whew!  If we all share something in recent memory, I guess that was recently WHEN we all got hit with the Covid-19 pandemic WHEN we felt like the walls of our own homes were closing in on us.  As for myself, WHEN that feeling hovered over me, I knew I wanted to extricate myself out of the situation.  BUT I asked myself, WHERE do I seek refuge?  Unlike Israel WHOSE physical infrastructures have robust bunkers, I DIDN'T had one📗📙📘

In a typical situation, WHEN we feel trapped OR confined indoors, a walk outside usually helps.  NOT only do we want fresh air BUT we tend to be looking at different things as well.  Like a CHANGE of SCENERY can help WHEN you feel like the walls are closing in.  This gets more relatable in relationships, be it at work, at home OR with your 'bonafide' friends [and NOT just Facebook friends😑😑😑].  In the real world, those WALLS are those lingering in our minds 

At the workplace, one typical scenario is WHEN one feels stuck OR stalled as he's NOT progressing up the ladder, one could feel the WALLS have closed in.  LIKE WHEN people find themselves in a quite restrictive relationship with someone WHO seems to be having a tight rein and controlling the other party, it may feel like the WALLS ARE CLOSING IN.  SO HOW?  In one word, EXTRICATE yourself out of that situation BUT unfortunately, EXTRICATING requires you to take a deep stock of things💥💥💥

In those scenarios, a 'CHANGE OF SCENERY' is NOT found outside in the woods.  Instead, the change of scenery could be a new job or getting out of a relationship [and YES, creating a new one as well].  A safe synonym is that of being CLAUSTROPHOBIC because that's WHEN we feel the walls closing in on us.  Worst thing is WHEN the walls of anxiety are CLOSING IN.  That is a tough one to cope with😕😕😕

Our takeaway:  Knock on wood, unless something springs out a very tragic turn of events, generally in life, those WALLS WON'T be instantly closing in on you, on us.  Way prior to that, we must be sharp and incisive enough to discern and detect tell-tale signs that the walls are slowly showing signs of a 'rickety' state.  In a worst case scenario, it is to our best interest that we should NOT be a step late by more than one [step] BEFORE THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN❗❗❗