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The Power of Surrender
Allow me to introduce you to Steve: Now a 50-year-old man, Steve was bullied as a teenager by some bold little bastards who knew no better themselves at the time.
Unfortunately, for Steve, the damage was already done, severe, and long-lasting. With his confidence, worth, and belief destroyed during his formative years, once he graduated to the real world, a desperate pursuit began for love and connection and worth, confidence, belief, and a sense of belonging.
Even more unfortunate, without proper guidance and healthy role models, his pursuit was a blind one. And with an overwhelming fear of social rejection, his stress levels entered the danger zone, and resentment began to build for all he had to endure. But the pot was only warming up, and before long, overwhelming sensations of panic, anxiety, and depression would soon settle in for the long haul.
Dave’s entire existence had become an existential crisis — a crisis of hope, identity, humanity, and above all, a crisis of self.
Not wanting to lose face or be perceived as weak, Dave would spend the next 30 years in a constant battle with his anxiety as he attempted to repress and suppress it in every and any way possible, with deathly consequences.
He simply refused to open up, share, or be vulnerable because big boys don’t cry, and for him to do that…
