{"id":21451,"date":"2023-01-30T08:40:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=21451"},"modified":"2023-02-01T20:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T01:58:59","slug":"how-do-you-fight-the-feeling-of-giving-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/01\/30\/how-do-you-fight-the-feeling-of-giving-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you fight the feeling of giving up?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aw01302023-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aw01302023-05.jpg\" alt=\"How do you fight the feeling of giving up?\" class=\"wp-image-21450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aw01302023-05.jpg 316w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aw01302023-05-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aw01302023-05-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How do you fight the feeling of giving up?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That feeling is called despair, and you fight it by naming it, then marshalling sufficient forces to fight it. Depending on how much of your life the feeling controls, you may ultimately need some combination of: friends, family, mentor(s), BC advisor and\/or trusted faculty or staff, religious or spiritual faith, BC counseling&#8230; . But start small: tell one trusted friend and perhaps one BC peer wellness coach (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-wellness-coach.\">bit.ly\/BC-wellness-coach<\/a>) that you&#8217;re feeling despair. One small step at a time. You&#8217;ll get there, and you&#8217;ll do great things, I know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hold on to the next second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_9385-1-e1675212697210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_9385-1-1024x950.jpg\" alt=\"Hold on to the next second.\" class=\"wp-image-21491\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hold on to the next second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. It absolutely works to worry about a second, an hour, a day at a time, whatever amount you can handle on any given day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That feeling is called despair, and you fight it by naming it, then marshalling sufficient forces to fight it. Depending on how much of your life the feeling controls, you may ultimately need some combination of: friends, family, mentor(s), BC advisor and\/or trusted faculty or staff, religious or spiritual faith, BC counseling&#8230; . But start &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/01\/30\/how-do-you-fight-the-feeling-of-giving-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do you fight the feeling of giving up?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21513,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21451\/revisions\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}