Recognising when you have limited options
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Coping Strategies
Part 15 - Recognising when you have limited options

Sometimes we can put ourselves under a lot of pressure to do something that will improve the quality of our lives, by trying to resolve a dilemma or a problem. But what if we can’t change or alter our situation? What if we are blocked or restricted in our options or our movement? Surely in these cases it is better to recognise that we cannot do very much, rather than invest time and effort for little reward and plenty of frustration and upset?
Another way of phrasing this is to ask, “when is it better for you to let go of hope than it is to keep hold of it?”
Below are some examples of when we have little wiggle room.