From my experience, the seatback was overthinking and insecure. First of all, I spent my day just like a normal activity. It was nothing happened with me, everything was fine. But suddenly, in the middle of the day, I felt uncomfortable, anxiety, confusing, and I didn’t know what happened with me. I realized that I got overthinking and insecure in the same time. a day I felt under pressure with my job and I don’t want to talk with new people, I don’t want to meet with somebody. I prefer to spend my time by myself. However, I couldn’t stay by myself because it was so terrible so I tried my best to make feel more better therefore I prefer listen to instrumental music and then it really helped me to relax and I take a long break to make sure everything was fine on me. If I feel much better I’ll talk with my friend and explain everything and one of them helped me a lot. They support me and he gave me motivation to make me feel uncomfortable. So from my experience I was thinking like just be myself and do everything and do whatever you do don’t think too much and don’t be scared.
Band 6+: Describe a time when you had to overcome a significant setback. You should say: - What the setback was - What you did to overcome it - Who helped you And explain what you learned from the experience.
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From my experience, the setback was overthinking and insecurity. First of all, I spent my day just like a normal activity. Nothing happened with me; everything was fine. But suddenly, in the middle of the day, I felt uncomfortable, anxious, confused, and I didn't know what was happening to me. I realized that I was overthinking and feeling insecure at the same time. That day, I felt under pressure with my job, and I didn't want to talk to new people; I didn't want to meet anyone. I preferred to spend my time by myself. However, I couldn't stay by myself because it was so terrible, so I tried my best to feel better. Therefore, I preferred to listen to instrumental music, and that really helped me relax. I took a long break to make sure everything was fine with me. Once I felt much better, I talked to my friend and explained everything, and one of them helped me a lot. They supported me and gave me motivation to make me feel comfortable. From my experience, I learned to just be myself, do everything, and not to think too much or be scared.
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