Déjà vu can be of two kinds pathological déjà vu where the person experiences familiarity due to a certain medical condition and non-pathological déjà vu experienced by physically and mentally healthy people. If the déjà vu is about a pleasant encounter, you might feel amazed and happy but if it is about a shocking, sad, or horrific encounter, it can be really terrifying.ĭéjà vu is considered irregular or inconsistent memory. The feeling can be fascinating and frightening at the same time. It is neither a pre-recognition nor a prophecy rather it is something that one just feels when it actually has never been experienced by the person. Déjà vu is considered a paranormal activity by some as it does not satisfy the principles of science. It is not an ordinary feeling rather it’s an overwhelming familiarity feeling about something that you have never seen or heard before. Déjà vu comes from a French word which literally means “already seen”. Surround yourself with people that are happy for you and will help you in your journey.Has this ever happened to you that in a certain situation you felt that you have been there before or this has happened already? Yes, it has happened to so many of us and this feeling has a proper name déjà vu. Make small steps first to adapt to your new habit, then gradually make them bigger – I find that this will help you adapt better to your new habit. Write your goals somewhere you can see them – in your kitchen, bedroom and on your phone – so you never forget what you’re striving for and what you need to do to get there. At times it will be hard and you want to give up, but those are the moments when you decide that your dreams are bigger than whatever you’re feeling at that moment.
If you don’t believe it yourself, then no one else will support you. You need to believe in yourself and trust that your dreams – whether it’s an ideal body weight or a job that you want – can be achieved. When you know that your body can do something after doing it a thousand times in training, the probability of succeeding gets better.
But first and foremost, it’s important to be physically prepared for whatever you’re doing and your mental preparation is an addition to these. Right now, I go for sessions with a psychologist to help me mentally prepare for a big event by running through routines and goals so that by the time I enter the arena, I’m mentally prepared to face my challenges. Physical and mental strength go hand-in-hand We should allow ourselves to learn from our mistakes and believe that something better is on the horizon. Failure is part and parcel of winning we can only move up from failure and improve ourselves, and we always have more room to grow. Eventually, I picked myself up and told myself to keep moving forward. Even the mention of the Olympics would make me so upset that I’d break down in tears. But I allow myself to be upset – when I didn’t qualify for the Olympics the last time, I couldn’t go back to the gym for two weeks. It takes a lot out of you when you go out there after hours of training, only to lose. It’s more motivating this way because you can see the progress you’ve made. In setting goals for yourself, don’t just look at the big goals of maintaining your health or exercising – maintain smaller ones so that you can track your progress and see how far you’ve come from where you started.
Even the goals I set for myself a few years ago have changed: then, it was just to get to the SEA games now, my target is to qualify for the Olympics. It’s important to constantly change your goals as you develop, and gymnastics is one sport where I’m always learning new skills. Ahead of her appearance at the upcoming SEA Games in KL, we asked Farah on how she builds the mental strength required to push through and improve herself. National gymnast Farah Ann Abdul Hani may have won multiple gold medals at the SEA Games, but getting to where she is now involved plenty of patience, hard work and heartbreak.