{"id":1638,"date":"2011-08-08T10:11:17","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.healwithin.com\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2011-08-08T10:11:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:11:17","slug":"hopelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hw.arbpenconsulting.com\/?p=1638","title":{"rendered":"Hopelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upon reading about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/07\/23\/amy-winehouse-death-died-dead-investigation-drugs-overdose-scotland-yard-statement-signs-of-life-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Winehouse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeret_Peterson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Medalist Skier\u00a0Jeret \u201cSpeedy\u201d Peterson<\/a> and, lastly, a friend of our family who shot and killed himself at age 42, I am baffled to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>How is it possible that life can be so dark, depressing and hopeless for so many\u00a0of the younger generation?\u00a0 Why do they feel they have no way out?\u00a0\u00a0Not having someone to believe in them \u2013 or someone to confide in?\u00a0 Do they feel too much is riding on their success and\u00a0do not feel they are able to rise to it?\u00a0\u00a0Were is their Hope?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Here is a list of the leading causes of death in the United States\u00a0for young adults:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unintentional injury (<strong>accidents<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Assault (<strong>homicide<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Self inflicted injury (<strong>suicide<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what are the elements that bring such\u00a0successful, wealthy and famous youth, even\u00a0adults to this point of no return? What\u00a0contributs to their loneliness?\u00a0 Is it\u00a0too much money, too much attention, too many expectations to succeed, feelings of not good enough? too many fake people\u00a0around\u2026 perhaps not knowing who to trust?\u00a0Peterson\u00a0met a similar fate but came from an abusive background, poor family and achieved what many only dream of.<\/p>\n<p>There are many factors in life that bring us to such a moment \u2013 the moment of truth \u2013 reality \u2013 the present.\u00a0Who am I? What have I done with my life, and is living worth it for me? I believe many have pondered these questions.\u00a0However, not everyone has a mentor, a confidant, a cheerleader, or a true\u00a0friend in life.<\/p>\n<p>A client of mine who had nearly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hw.arbpenconsulting.com\/hypnosis-for-depression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempted suicide<\/a>\u00a0in her adult years wanted to\u00a0try hypnotherapy.\u00a0 Throughout our sessions, I learned what pushed her button enough\u00a0to attempt suicide, despite now\u00a0being happy to be\u00a0with us to tell her story. There was one word to describe her feelings: \u201calone\u201d. She said she\u00a0felt alone and hopeless.<\/p>\n<p>She came from an well to do family\u00a0and\u00a0grew\u00a0up to be a leader amongst her peers,\u00a0securing\u00a0a nice income and traveling all over Europe. She recalls\u00a0a day sitting on her kitchen floor with a knife in her\u00a0hand and tears rolling down her face, clouding her thoughts.\u00a0Then and there, she heard birds chirp outside\u00a0and in that one instance thought: \u201cit\u2019s as if they are singing for me and to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shared with me\u00a0how her body moved slowly as she pulled herself up,\u00a0went to the window and started whistling back. In that moment, she\u00a0felt a turning point.\u00a0 She was transferred to another time and place when she was young and would sing along with the birds outside her bedroom window.\u00a0 Good times\u2026Loving times.\u00a0 She felt the\u00a0joy\u00a0of being alive and knowing that\u00a0somehow she was not alone. As a matter of fact, she realized all this time she was surrounded with friends and family who loved and adored her \u2013 but could not reach her.\u00a0 The birds happened to reach her!<\/p>\n<p>She ultimately\u00a0found her way to <a href=\"https:\/\/hw.arbpenconsulting.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HealWithin.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 On\u00a0the last day of her sessions, she said:\u00a0 \u201cI now feel so\u00a0hopeful \u2013 I know life may not be\u00a0easy, but it sure is worth living and feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBeing happy doesn\u2019t mean that everything is perfect.<br \/>\nIt means that you\u2019ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon reading about Amy Winehouse, Olympic Medalist Skier\u00a0Jeret \u201cSpeedy\u201d Peterson and, lastly, a friend of our family who shot and killed himself at age 42, I am baffled to say the least. 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