how strong can you be?
@smoochypooh_4 (27)
Philippines
May 23, 2007 10:25pm CST
what would probably tear you apart? what situation, what event, who or what can break your heart? what can make you cry? what or who can make you feel so much hurt like you never felt before? breaking up with the person you love most, the person you love most breaking up with you, getting retrenched from a job you almost dedicated your life, a friend backstabbing you, a stranger or co-worker trying to pull you down or making up things you did not due, losing a relative, losing your religion??? how strong can you be in these situations and what would you do to cope?
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
24 May 07
I'm definitely not a strong person. Right now I would say that if anything bad happened to one of my kids I would lose it. I've lost loves and though it was hard I actually lived through it, I've lost everything I own and survived, backstabbing and anything a friend can do would barely phase me. The worst thing that ever happened in my life was when my Dad passed away 18 years ago. That I will never get over.
@smoochypooh_4 (27)
• Philippines
24 May 07
i thank u ctrymuziklvr for the response. i can consider myself lucky then, for i cannot relate to losing a loved one or a relative.and i do not wish to be able to relate, but whatever happens let us think that it was God's will and "He never closes a door without opening a window". Let us have faith that these are just trials and He would never give us those trials if we cannot overcome it. God Bless you and your family
@kyutstudph (1263)
• Philippines
24 May 07
When someone talks bad about my family it really broke my heart. What I do is pray hoping that the one telling things negative about my family would realize that he/she is not doing anything good.
@smoochypooh_4 (27)
• Philippines
24 May 07
thanks kyutstudph! that is so true, why can't they just mind their own business and not talk negative about other people. it also pisses me off, because there are also people doing such things to my family. why can't they just concentrate on their wrongdoings instead of focusing on other people's mistakes...grrrr...
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
24 May 07
i will do my best so that i will never suffer the loss of my religion. it is of utmost importance in my life. no amount of tears and regretfulness can ever mend the loss. therefore, there must be no single instance in my life when i shall have cried for its loss. what makes me cry so much and feel such deep hurt is when anyone among the members of my family gets hurt or suffers immensely from something which appears to be insurmountable. i have cried buckets of tears for my children. i have shed the most for my youngest child, because he is a very sick one. yet, no amount of tears can help. i have to be strong for him. gladly, i have some parts of my battle. he lives to this day though not yet fully cured of his illness.
@smoochypooh_4 (27)
• Philippines
24 May 07
thank u trinidadvelasco for your response. i appreciate what you have shared. do you mind me asking your religion? But I hope God(or how you call Him in your religion) Bless you and your family more for being close to Him and Having faith in Him in spite of the trials you are going through. As for your youngest child, yes indeed, you must be strong for him, and continuously uphold your faith and continuously pray and soon he'll be very well. =)
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@michaelalwynrabago (256)
• Philippines
25 May 07
I would probably go to a place where I like most. It will help me gather up all my anger then throw it away in a nice place!
Add me as your friend! More power!
@Keleidescope (204)
• United States
24 May 07
The way that I grew up, I had to face a lot of things early on in life. Because of that, I believe that I'm a much stronger person then most people would expect. There is one thing that would really kill me, and that would be if anything happened to my sister. I've spent a lot of my energy giving her everything that she needed or wanted, because I care so much about her. If anything happened to her, I would lose it.
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
24 May 07
It really depends on the situation. I am able to cope pretty well under pressure. I managed to stop the car when my grandfather was driving erratically. I have prevented my neighbour's murder. There have been a number of situations that have surprised most, but which I have coped with quite well.
@patrice7 (1191)
• United States
24 May 07
hello there smoochypooh!. i like your discussion because i think at this point of time i am in a life crisis. one that happened because of the choices that i had made in the past. well i think that what can really break me apart is if my family will turn their back on me.. i love my famliy so much and i can really say that with their support, especially my mom's, i can be able to handle any problem that comes in my life. as of now i am in trouble at school because i have done something bad, which my parents doesnt know because i dont want them to get hurt and get dissapointed.. i am trying very hard as of now to really hold myself and not break apart. its hard and its tough if you dont have your mother or your family by your side. well in this case it is particularly hard because my mother and my bestfriend doesnt know about it.. i am still holding on because i have faith in the Lord and i know that he will never leave me, no matter what. with God, i am strong and with him i can fight this and change my life.. well thats all. thanks for the discussion..
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
25 May 07
I've survived a lot of bad things, so there isn't much that I think would completely tear me apart. There are a lot of things that would be hard for me, but I think I would survive almost anything.
However, any kind of harm coming to my child is something that terrifies me. Before I had him, I really wasn't afraid of much of anything other than not being able to help someone being hurt. I still feel that way, but even that pales in comparison to my child being the one being hurt in some way.
I hope I never have to find out if I could survive without him.
@kitkat1 (1227)
• Canada
24 May 07
I do know what would just tear me apart because it has happened already in my life. It was when i had to break up with someone i loved for many reasons that are very painful to discuss for me. I think what hurt the most is to love someone that much and have them hurt me so badly while we were together belittled me and made me feel low like a nobody. Being put down like that is the worst when it comes from someone you love that much. I cryed alot during and after this relationship ended because i could not understand why he treated me so badly and still had the nerve to say he loved me. Coping has not be easy i just made myself numb to it so i didnt think about it and i know that is not right i am now trying to sort it through and get past it too see where that takes me but it is not easy. I would have to say this really tore me up bad and it was the worst experience in my life i thought my heart was being ripped out along with my soul. Just hurt so bad.
@Luckywuyan (360)
• China
24 May 07
i am not a strong-willed girl, even though my shape is very strong . in fact ,in my deep heart, it is too tender.
misunderstanding ,betrayal,losing my job,my parents bd health,bachstabbing and so many other things can tear me apart, and pull me down.
so i am not so strong as i look.
@rangics (1334)
• Philippines
24 May 07
For me, I am not the strong type of person. Though other people see me as a tough one, deep inside I am not. I am good in hiding my pains and tears. I don't like them to see me that way. I've been through a lot lately. I had lost someone so dear to us my family as well as I had experienced being betrayed by someone in the past. At my weakest point, I grew more closer to God and made me realize that some of the things that happened to me are just God's way of testing my faith to Him. I know He has His own reasons why He's giving it to us. I just hold on to what I believe is a test for me. I never put myself down but instead, I stand to every problems I encountered and take it as a challenge.