Survival guide by Medina Andrea Renee N.

Parent working abroad

andengmedina06 — 2024-11-22 17:58:26 UTC

having a parent who works abroad is one of the painful thing that you can ever exprience when you were a child, to probably be okay with it, is to talk to them often and ask them why they have to go to abroad and understand the fact that they did that just for us to be financial stable and to be able to go to school, yes it is hard to be far away from your parent especially if you're a daddy's girl or they are the only parent who is with you. acting rebellious is not gonna help you in any sort of way, trust me it will harms you in the long run. i know that it might be hard to understand it when you are a child and don't know anything yet but always, always cherish your bonding with your parents because they know that it was for the better even when it means being far away from you too. as much as possible communicate with your parents and again cherish them

developing self esteem

andengmedina06 — 2024-11-22 18:23:22 UTC

gaining self esteem was the toughest thing i have ever gone through growing up until now it is hard for me to gain self esteem because comparing yourself to others is really hard to avoid especially if you are around with people who compares you. the only way i think of managing it is to avoid that people who keeps comparing you to your siblings, etc. if you can't avoid that people just always remember that they don't know what they are talking about, and remember that you are not them and we all have our uniqueness, and if it is really hard to avoid try talking to your friends about it or journal the things that makes you feel that you are not good at and try to learn it again or accept that some things is not really meant for you. being afraid of failure the is a difficult thing we have to face especially if you have that mindset that you always have to win. the risk of failure is a way of learning things, if you are not failing, you are not learning. remember that you can always start again and if you fail at least you know what to avoid this time right?

my way of managing it is to watch a podcast that can really help me think positive and help me get through it, yes is it easy to say but hard to do, at least give it a try right?

Stress and Depression

andengmedina06 — 2024-11-22 18:58:04 UTC

i get it depression is part of life and we all go through it, especially stress at the young age you can exprience it. to be honest depression is difficult to manage and to get away with, because how do you manage it when it is eating you alive? also with stress, dealing with them is the most challenging to do, but dealing with them can really help with a lot of things, things that can help you grow as an individual. learning to sit down with your emotions is hard, not learning them is the hardest bacause how will you get out of that situation if you are not learning them and getting to know what triggers your emotions? but i am not saying that it is easy to go through depression, healing is not linear. if you ask me how did i fight my depression i will say that i focused on god, spiritual healing, i found myself meditating you should try it too! i promise you that it will definitely help you, a 10mins of peaceful will help you get a mind that is calm and probably learning how to be alone and loving your own solitude will help you.

remember that you can always restart and trust me living in the past will not help your future:))

Poverty

andengmedina06 — 2024-11-22 20:01:19 UTC

in the philippines we lack poverty not because we pilipino did not work hard but because of the low wages and job insecurity, many people work in the low paying jobs because of the high standard of companies and simply because of people judging a person who is knowledge- deprived in short a crab mentality is the one thing we should stop so us pilipino can finally achieve want we want in life. the corruption in the philippines who mismanagament the public funds limits because of this many pilipino struggle with poverty and the weak agricultural sector farmers are given with lack of moderns tools, poor access to markets and they are not paid enough because our government is not focus on the things that should be a priority, we can avoid this things from happening if we focus and research on the people we vote. many of pilipino is not aware of teenage pregnancy because of that many children struggle to eat, live a life that they wanted, and they are the one who tend to work for their families so they can eat something and live in a roof. a sex education is a most have in the philippines and having a people not tolerating them is helpful for us