The stress and urgency of day-to-day challenges can become overwhelming if you let them. Bills, sickness, problems at work, arguments within the family, such stresses can exacerbate how you struggle with overcoming your problems.

If your early family upbringing was filled with dysfunction and abuse, the patterns that you fall into might be fraught with anxiousness and fear.

In times of stress, you can choose to deal with your problems, or your can lash out. You can become what you fear. You can hurt others, shield yourself from pain, and put on a strong offense. Instead of being hurt, you can take the reigns of power and control your own narrative.