mr chocolate whenever I get mentally overwhelmed I shut down completely how do I counter that well the first thing and the first good step that you’ve already made is you’ve identified this as an issue you recognize the fact that you shut down that’s step number one in solving your problem is identifying your problem so excellent work there the next step is actually pretty easy as well you’ve identified the fact that you shut down the next step that you’re going to do is not shut down not mentally shut down that’s what you want to do if you start to shut down then you feel yourself freezing up and say I’m not going to shut down right now I’m going to attack this issue now the reason that you’re getting overwhelmed most likely is because there’s a lot of different things flying at you at the same time and they’re all happening at once and it’s problematic for you we have a very simple solution for that it’s prioritize and execute so what is the biggest problem that you’ve got going on let’s identify what that biggest problem is then let’s attack that problem and get it solved once we got that one solved we can move on to the next one which we get to here take care of that one we can move on to the X when we go right on down the line that’s that’s what we do that’s very simple you know that you’re gonna get overwhelmed first of all tell yourself you’re not gonna be overwhelmed then you actually don’t get overwhelmed and how do you not get overwhelmed you’re prioritizing execute if you start feeling yourself getting overwhelmed do what I did to the platoon commander that I had that was getting all freaked out during during HMMWV I addressed immediate action drills where you’re patrolling through the desert and we have little electrical targets that pop up and then you everyone starts shooting at the targets and this guy was locking up and not making decisions even though he’s the leader mm-hmm and this is the one where I took a magic marker and I wrote him with a sharpie right in front of his face on the Humvee window I said next time the shooting starts here’s what I want you would want you to number one relax number two look around number three make a call it’s real easy so step number one when you’re getting overwhelmed hmm relax breathe take a step back just take a step back the red flags start going off in your head and you’re realizing that you’re getting overwhelmed and you’re gonna get yourself down no just take a step back relax and then prioritize and execute pretty simple like a call yeah
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