Why We're All So Anxious
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Most of us are anxious pretty much all the time - but frequently imagine that other people aren’t. It’s time to admit the truth. Anxiety is just a basic fact about being human.
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“If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever.
That's why we don't want what I want when we have it. Another edge found in my dimension. Thanks
+Pretzel Zotikos Some serious suicide theory going on here XD
You exists, You suffer
I suggest everyone go after exactly the thing will finally bring you happiness... so you can see it’s not the answer 😆👌🏼💯
Damn that was deep
Anxiety is dreading future possibilities of not living in the moment.
I think a big part of it is energy. People eat so much and do so little, this energy has to go somewhere, with nothing to focus on the mind will focus on all the potential threats. Strength and exercise are the best deterrents to anxiety I have found. Get your resting heart rate down to a minimum, have the fortitude not to worry about preemptively anticipating threats. This will free you from your worry as you can focus on positive things with a steady hand.
Some Green Tea every now and then helps as well.
+Abraxis86 this is actually really good advice!
+Abraxis86 thats a good theory, but i think the excess eating actually adds to another modern phenomena: chronic fatigue. it puts a lot of stress on your body to digest food, especially highly processed junk. on the other hand, the daily inhalation of coffee, energy drinks, and sugar could very well have the effect you're referring to
You have earned a battle roar from me. Better than a golden star on a paper or an A+.
green tea? the one with more caffeine than coffee...? i know from my very long "experience" with caffeine that, if anything, it's the best anxiety-inducing substance in every-day food.
interesting theory
"The single most important move is to accept that we'll always be anxious. There's no need on top of everything else to be anxious that we're anxious. The mood is no sign that our lives have gone wrong: merely that we're alive."
Being told that there's no escaping anxiety actually made me less anxious. Thanks, The School of Life.
Same.
Pro tip: You feel anxious right up until the moment when you accept that nothing lasts for ever. There is nothing to cling on to. Forms die and are reborn all around, nothing problematic about that. Its only hard when you look for stability that does not exist.
Or you start being anxious when you accept that nothing lasts forever. You can be very blissful as a child when some things just stay the same all the time, being peaceful about the stability around you, but then notice that things do not last forever. Some can suppress the feeling for some time making them feel somewhat less anxious remaining in blissful ignorance, or just focusing on what gives you stability. But ultimately you might need to accept, which can in turn make you anxious because you know that things could change all the time, but you do not know what or when.
To some extent, I agree, however, I think our anxiety and stress is also artificially manufactured or at least very greatly heightened through our social conditions. Capitalist society tells us we always have to be productive (and for someone else's benefit, at that), monetizes and regiments our time, creates deadlines that are only important to profit seekers within the context of competitive markets, and makes us feel as if every moment that is not economically valorized is lost, or suggests that if we ever relax, we are lazy and morally inferior. With the amount of wealth that exists through efficient labor processes, we ought to be able to work less, worry less, and relax more, but instead capitalist vampires suck on our labor and make us work and worry even more.
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Cameron Orr agree👍
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It's not. Even the video pointed out that if you remove what you feel is the cause you'll still experience it.
it's up to your ability to recognize that's what this capitalist society warrants. You don't have to play part in it. There's always something to be anxious about however so even if you rid of your partake in that society you speak of you'll still find something to be anxious about.
I think anxiety comes from our insatiable desire too satiate our desires.
***** I like that aphorism.Thanks for sharing !.
Rob Smith I think we are taught our limited desires have unlimited horizons, and so goes as you said, our desires seem insatiable.
Rob Smith Sounds like you'd like the idea of loss of attachment in buddhism.
Rob Smith I think anxiety comes from rainbows and unicorns
***** that's a really cool metaphor
Anxiety is good sometimes because it pushes us to do better, to test our limits - to leave our comfort zone. But most likely it plays a part in contributing to people isolating themselves.
We are just over-dramatizers of who we are and what we do, I guess.
+dilfous It depends on what you do with it.
For me, it makes me fear to do things
same
Dilara I'm so anxious and depressed right now I studied for my business test and I got 40% why me....
While the core of anxiety is very similar to everyone around us, the specifics, the personal approach to anxiety and the factors causing it can be quite unique, making it difficult to communicate and understand other people's anxiety. Personally, I do not find consolation in talking to others about my troubles, as most conversations flow through a passage of misunderstandings and comparisons, and usually end up in "be grateful, some people are in a worse position than us", a conclusion that suggests that if people cope with larger problems than ours, we are weak and fragile to succumb to our moderately stress inducing problems.
That said, thanks for the video, it is a pleasantly brighter approach to the acceptance of our "eternal" anxiety, and one that (if/when I manage to find more calm and rationality) I would like to wholeheartedly adopt. :]
Wolfie ''Personally, I do not find consolation in talking to others about my troubles, as most conversations flow through a passage of misunderstandings and comparisons, and usually end up in "be grateful, some people are in a worse position than us", a conclusion that suggests that if people cope with larger problems than ours, we are weak and fragile to succumb to our moderately stress inducing problems'' - exquisitely put!
Wolfie Saying you shouldn't be anxious because other people suffer more than you is like saying you shouldn't be happy because some other people are happiere than you. And the factor that relief tension is in being understood and heard, which you havn't experiences yet since you get compared. Struggle, anxiety are all subjective experience you can't compare them empirical, all kind of people react differently to the same struggles.
Christopher Sonne I think you're referring to 'validation' - the sense of having your thoughts and feelings acknowledged and respected. I think society's invalidation is the cause of much anxiety. And, its effect multiplied when we then invalidate ourselves.
+VioletCitizen (Wolfie) nice
Everything is relative you can not say everybody is anxious as all other people in any condition are, and all people should expect to have anxiety in there life as much as others. it's just a simple and very partial answer .
I've got a slightly "the twilight zone" feeling from this video. im addicted to this channel.
Wow. Whenever I feel down I watch one of these videos and it always puts me in a better state of mind.
anxiety is much more complex then most people think. I have allot of friends (including my self) that have suffered from anxiety for years with no "apparent" mental reason behind it. After years of studying and researching I learned and realized that the brain is the most important organ of your body and is directly connected to your other organs, especially the gut and liver. Chronic anxiety / bipolar / depression is usually due to chronic inflammation, either directly in the brain or in one these organs. Eating a plant focussed diet (not vegan!!) with allot of healthy fats can help incredibely well.
High intensity exercise can also work wonders since many of us have adrenal fatigue without even realizing it. By exercising HiiT 2-3 a week and setting a healthy (6-7 hour) sleeping pattern you can really improve your anxiety (and your life in general!).
Thank you.
your welcome friend.
I like turmeric root for inflammation ;)
turmeric is amazing indeed! one of my favorite dishes is chinese cabbage blended with a mixture of curcuma/black pepper/olive oil/pink salt.
*argh youtube deleted my very lengthy comment* (actually, it most likely was my own fault)
In short:
Don't get me wrong, plants can be a great addition to your diet but
going vegan can (and almost always) will destroy more then it heals. I
know quite some people (including myself) who went vegan
Physics is showing us just how dependant the human body, and especially the brain and skin, are dependant on an omega 3 called "DHA", which is not commonly found in plants (fish eat certain algae).
Evolution wise it is pretty logical that we are dependant on fish...after all we originated from the sea.
The main reason "DHA" is so important over other fats is due to its ability to carry an extra electron which it captures from sunlight. While this might sound "hocus pocuz/science fiction" it is actually been proven that the key to healh is an interplay between light, water and magnetism. Google Jack Kruse if you are really interested in improving your and your loved ones health.
Whenever I'm anxious, it means I should take it seriously, whatever "it" is. Whether it's an upcoming event or reflecting on something in my past, if I feel anxious about it, it's like my brain is telling me "This is important". Like most things, it's better in moderation.
For an orangutan you're pretty intelligent. Evolution us true after all.
An Orangutan
True, you can only be anxious if you want something.
***** LOL!
***** Humans are so easily impressed...
Is this supposed to make me feel better or give me an existential crisis?
Yes
It means you are not alone.
watching this vid has triggered my anxiety
it did that to me too
same here
It made my anxiety worst
+1
Same...it started reminding me of the shit I have to do....😩
man that angels hug seemed nice. I could use one
This sounds a bit fatalist. I don't think anxious is inevitable - some anxiety some of the time perhaps, but not constant anxiety. Alain, I think in one of your books you wrote about the stoics, and they seem to me to give the best tools for getting rid of anxiety. Their ultimate goal is tranquility, and I think by using some of their ideas one can make great progress in that direction. So my advice for people who feel too much anxiety: read some Seneca.
***** That's true. The stoics do not say you will never feel anxiety, or any negative emotion for that matter, just that the 'true' stoic will be able acknowledge this emotion and then not let it affect him any further.
selvmordspilot You're right, thanks. Your username suggests you may have plenty of anxiety though.
"Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary" - Eckhart Tolle
Michael KNT anxiety is constant but it just varies in severity. It's literally hard wired into via evolution. You may have heard of the fight or flight response
Jon Hart Isn't the answer then to stop wanting to have more than you can have?
This video offered no solutions at all. It said we're doomed to be anxious. Thanks, I think I'll spend the rest of my life in bed.
Most of my anxieties revolve around other people, so I seek solitude, but then I get bored and depressed. I can't win.
in my experience with tough situations in life more recently I've found that when i just stop everything I'm doing, take a deep breath, and just say to myself "I can do this" I feel great confidence in myself. I know this is profoundly simple but I find that it has worked a lot of times in life when I felt like I couldn't accomplish something. words can be a powerful.
I absolutely love your channel. Deeply profound and philanthropic...
may you and all who work for this channel be immensely blessed.
This video gave me anxiety.
Eff this video! THIS MADE ME CRY!
saw the title. and wanted to comment just on that. I'm not anxious at all. It's entirely possible to give up worrying all together with practice and the clear understanding that it's pointless. Prayer is also a big factor if you are able to vent to someone who you trust won't judge you, understands you and is willing to listen and you trust. And I still think that even though I recently went from Christian to Agnostic.
If God wanted us to be anxious he wouldn't have given us horse tranquilizers.
lol
ketamine
+Cut the Kids in Half We certainly seem to, but appearances can be deceptive :-)
PS Is your username a Radiohead reference?
+Cut the Kids in Half Thought so, love 'Morning Bell' :)
I felt this
This reminds me of the Buddhist idea of the "Four Noble Truths". Essentially, the summary is that life is suffering and that true peace is found not in eliminating suffering, but in becoming accepting of it, and simply understanding its persistence in our lives. We don't get over anxiety by making our lives perfect- perfection doesn't exist. We learn to accept anxiety, use it as a means of encouraging ourselves towards goals, and overcome one piece of anxiety at a time. Amazing video as always!
i love going on vacations. i went to colorado last spring break. Got really freaking stoned and walked around the mountains. it was mind opening. i loved just breathing the mountain air. it was like being totally free again. in fact, i'm going back this next spring break. vacations are great for soul.
Very good point--do all the things, but for better reasons than the pursuit of ridding ourselves of anxiety.
This video actually calmed me down. When you can't expect bad things to really go away, you learn to live despite their repeated aggravations. Thank you for this.
Sorry, but Anxiety isn't meant to be a permanent feature in life. Saying it exists as a permanent feature because we have ancestral fear of being eaten by predators is a lengthy postulation for something much more simple- we're in our head all the time and disconnected from our bodies and nature.
Ever notice that children aren't born with chronic anxiety? We're made to let out our feelings and be connected to the body like children, not bottle our feelings in and suck in our tummy for cultural-aesthetics that cuts off our breath. It's only after we're pushed in to an unhealthy society that people develop these sort of traumas. Perhaps the problem isn't with people, per se, but with the world that we've all been forced in to that is also destroying the world.
Sadly anxiety is an important human function. It’s one of the powerful forces that allows humans to constantly keep progressing.
It is a great curse and a small blessing.
But what is the world but a reflection of the majority, the status quo?
That's because children have parents - the omnipotent figures that take care of them. When you're an adult atheist - it gets tricky...
@@pedrotacolover Really? Anxiety or ambition? To continue with the argument about children, children playing are ambitious, but not anxious, so they have what is needed to thrive, but feeling well. Maybe we are referring to different levels of anxiety
Truly said!! I love your thought process, well said, you have explained it well. Thank you to you
This video made me anxious by telling me I'll always be anxious. I like to lie to myself saying that it'll go away someday.
video tells that anxiety will be gone once you accept it
The thing that brings me calm, is the thought that one day I can reach a state of mind that can meditate and resist temptation with ease but for now I'm still very anxious and that's alright.
Winter is coming
this made me anxious but calmed at the same time.
Dealing with anxiety on a daily daily basis is no joke just have to take it one day at a time.
I'm glad to be anxious. It powers me up! It drives me to greatness. Thank you anxiety for being the fuel in my engine.
This made me feel worse, but has taught me to embrace it rather than fight it as it will always be apart of our survival traits
"Its like you took a bottle of ink and you threw it at a wall. Smash! And all that ink spread. And in the middle, it's dense, isn't it? And as it gets out on the edge, the little droplets get finer and finer and make more complicated patterns, see? So in the same way, there was a big bang at the beginning of things and it spread. And you and I, sitting here in this room, as complicated human beings, are way, way out on the fringe of that bang. We are the complicated little patterns on the end of it. Very interesting. But so we define ourselves as being only that. If you think that you are only inside your skin, you define yourself as one very complicated little curlique, way out on the edge of that explosion. Way out in space, and way out in time. Billions of years ago, you were a big bang, but now you're a complicated human being. And then we cut ourselves off, and don't feel that we're still the big bang. But you are. Depends how you define yourself. You are actually-if this is the way things started, if there was a big bang in the beginning- you're not something that's a result of the big bang. You're not something that is a sort of puppet on the end of the process. You are still the process. You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are. When I meet you, I see not just what you define yourself as-Mr so-and- so, Ms so-and-so, Mrs so-and-so-I see every one of you as the primordial energy of the universe coming on at me in this particular way. I know I'm that, too. But we've learned to define ourselves as separate from it."
Alan Watts
The Nature of Consciousness
***** I would enjoy that, but that man was huge, will he fit in a short video ?
It's like the wise Bear Grylls once said. When you first arrive in the jungle, you are unaware of the dangers. Then you know of all the dangers, and are constantly afraid and aware of them. Then in the third phase you are aware, but at peace with it.
Does everyone else really feel this way? I thought it was just me, really.
The quality of this videos is incredible! just, wow! Keep up the good work!
Whoever created this channel are the best people ever. My deepest gratitude and reverence!
Wow, this was a really wonderful video. Thanks.
anxiety will always be there. i think what most people want is that bravery and acceptance to be able to notice it and be fine with it, maybe even say"damn, im nervous"
All of these videos are great. I'm so glad I found this channel. I'm sort of going through a 1/4th life crisis and these are helping.
Good film.
I find hope and existential support from the profound teachings of Alan Watts and Paul Hedderman on CZcams. Also from Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nietzsche also has some insights into the pain and absurdity of living; I always learn something from him.
James Muncy Love Emerson - I've yet to come across another writer whose words are so moving. They calm me like no other, yet invigorate within me an excitement for life. He is a wizard of words.
These is very true, we can be equally happy in our sofa or in Bahamas, it´s only a matter of mental state.
What most people don't know about anxiety is that stress and anxiety aren't the same thing.Anxiety is like stresses big bad older brother. Anxiety can effect people for large amounts of time and can lead to health issues and panic attacks.Keep in mind that this is coming from a person with O.C.D, I say "with", instead of suffering from because I don't feel I'm suffering, quite the opposite.Dealing with anxiety I think made me a better person.ANYWAYS I'll stop rambling about that!Stress unlike anxiety doesn't last that long, anxiety is just basically a stronger, longer lasting, stress.BESIDES that people respond to stress differently too, the responds are FLIGHT,FIGHT, or FREEZE. Depending on the situation you will behave differently, understanding yourself and your behavior is one key thing you need to know to control and calm your anxiety. Gaining self control helps as well, not with just anxiety, it might help you maintain other emotional issues, like your anger, etc.ANYWAYS I'm sorry I ramble... A LOT... More than the average human any ways. So if your still reading this, wow, good for you. THOUGH I heavily doubt anyone is reading this... SO YEP that's just something I wanted to put out there...*nervous laughter* Yep...*Begins to walk away slowly doing finger guns*
Just perfect. No words. I laughed hysterically then cried at this video. Perfect
there is a way to solve anxiety. it's not a dead end my fellow humans
please, share this information! it can truly help
Deny yourself and carry your cross, then the path to life opens.
Sounds burdensome lugging a cross around.
soslothful absolutely burdensome. Life will beat you harder than a drunk dad with social issues. No man can do it alone, we all need help. once you lift your cross and see that your strength will not hold up, your going to need someone stronger to carry it for you..
Kiko Jimenez Of course one might just ditch the cross.
Meditation and enlightenment can cure anxiety.
It cured mine :-)
***** :)
Working on it! :)
it does help but my anxiety has gotten worse to the point where I can't clear my mind anymore or try to stop thinking, my psychologist is going to teach me different ways to calm down though and hopefully I can pick up meditation again :)
Most people have an incorrect idea about what meditation is and they frequently assume it means sitting still, cross-legged and thinking about nothing. That's not entirely correct and maybe this page will be of some use to you: www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/meditation-instruction/
Thank you for giving me fresh perspective
Alpha male here. I'm never anxious and feel totally secure with myself because I can pull bitches. And I avoid situations that would make me anxious. Such as reading or math.
Damn you guys answer of a lot of life's questions. Why do we have an economy, what is the meaning of life, why do we work, what is currency, why do we think? Good stuff, makes me feel like things are okay when I know all these great thinkers are on the job or did their job long ago in their life time. Good job.
a problem will always be a problem as an anxiety will always be an anxiety, it is permanent. but as soon as we know what we up against then it will never be the same again
We must suffer alone but we can reach out our arms.
Can you please make a vidoe of how Anxiety and The Media and Status Anxiety are related? I think 100 years ago, people were more cheerful , without media, without status - maybe I'm wrong, but it would be interesting to see.
+Linda Kheswa the media existed 100 years ago. It was just in a more limited format (newspapers) and status (manifested through social classes) was around as well, its just both have taken on new forms now.
+Linda Kheswa I disagree. I think theres a romantic idea of the good ole days when people just enjoyed each other's company, and i certainly think modern distractions and paranoia have their fair share of problems. but by and large, i think most peoples' lives were harder, much harder 100 yrs ago, along with more stressful and riddled with anxiety. id bet most people from that time would gladly trade places with today's problems
+Linda Kheswa however, I think you make a fair point relating media and anxiety. everything is hyper-scrutinized today. basically, 100 yrs ago, u didnt go to a doctor for 'anxiety' u just dealt with it. I think, to a degree, we've artificially created this 'epidemic' of anxiety, and the doctors and pharmaceutical industry are more than happy to hold our hands and tell us they know how to make it feel better
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In the most poetic way this work of art made me befriend my anxiety. Anxiety reminds us that we shouldn't think too much of ourselves but simultaneously should love all those bits of imperfection that ultimately bond us together into one suffering yet whole-heartily living species.
Markus, To reduce overthinking negative thoughts be careful what you feed your mind. Avoid comparing yourself with others, must share bottled up emotions with one person, reduce watching negative social media and avoid constipation as it affects the mind. Your breathing is closely related to the brain [mind] and gives relief from stress-overthinking. For a relaxed mind observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for 10-15 minutes or more. You can sit on a chair or lay down anywhere, be as still as possible, eyes open or closed--No deep breathing. Don’t fight your thoughts. Never meditate with expectations. Make it a lifetime habit to observe your breath day and night before sleep, when travelling, when reading, at the workplace etc, etc. Best wishes--Counsellor.
Like pain, Anxiety is good, because it lets you know that you are alive!
Your videos is pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning.♥♥
As much as I hate anxiety. I try to use it as a tool, when I can, to tell me when I'm probably in a bit of a pickle. The problem being whether or not my gauge of my problems is on point. As mentioned in the video, we are driving blind. The hardest part of anxiety is doing something about it even when you know you should.
Accepting anxiety is one way to deal with them. However, most of my anxieties were gone after i read multiple Sūtras and connected them together. One of them i find really good is "Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment". Which explains the fundamental of our existance, check it out if u have questions about existance or anxiety or anything.
when I feel anxiety before school or work, I pray.
I always thought I was weird when I end up hugging people on nights out, and it wasn't like "hey buddy" or "let's get it on" kinda thing, it always felt like the kinda hug you'd give someone on a plane going down and they're always the best moments compared to anything I can think of
The best way i think I’ve said this in the past to make it clear is “the second we realize that people do what they do bc they hate themselves, is the second we will love ourselves and have compassion for others”. I came to this insight after a very hard 6 months search into psychology, philosophy, physics, religion and myself, combined with the 37 yrs of my life experience
I think it helps to see that our brains are designed to help us survive not to make us happy. Once I came to that realization it helped me shift my perspective and allowed me to have more appreciation for it rather than judge the mind. As the heart beats and the lungs breath so the mind thinks. Thoughts in and of themselves are not inherently right or wrong and from that standpoint we can begin to take the energy out of it, neutralize it, and go on doing the things that matter to us and that we enjoy
I think our anxiety can be controlled, through practise of silencing ones mind whenever we become concerned about the future or an unpleasant thought arises from a past experience. If we abide purely in the present moment, anxiety can not be, because there is nothing to be anxious about. This is why meditation is known to help anxiety, because meditation puts you in the present moment and allows you to think in clarity without the unwanted inner voices taking over.
I'm always anxious, but watching this seemed to normalize it a bit which made me feel calmer! :D
So there you have it, an address sweetly delivered with orthodox, paternalistic, psychological and philosophical paradigm.
Anxiety is holding on to past wounds, pain and loss the answer may be found in acceptance, distraction through joy, good company and self love 🙏💜
I absolutely loved this video! Thank you😊
This is a wonderful video, and hits the nail on the head, but I agree with other commenters: anxiety is not a constant state (Though I love and agree with the idea we should translate anxiety as a sign we are alive).
I thought anxiety was a fact of life until I met my previous partner, who taught me to 'keep in contact' with the idea that every emotion is finite (particularly when I start to feel alone and helpless in emotion); there is always an end to what you're feeling at any one time, also to not indulge in negativity, and that over all, we'll probably come out more on the side of better than worse. In short, everything will be okay. The more I had faith in this idea, the more emotionally resilient I became, and now my faith (in happiness, and things being okay) keeps me somewhat afloat. It's a leap of faith, and things aren't perfect, but so long as I hold onto that idea; that things will be okay (eventually), life is infinitely more liveable, and I am not bound to a scared dark inner cell.
Just stop worrying and be happy where you are
Lovely ending.
i think that since we are always anxious, we could use that for, you know, something productive. we think of anxiety like its something bad, but since its so natural, so omnipresent, its not. its just us trying to make sense out of everything. when you feel anxious, use that "energy" that anxiety gives to do something. exercise, reading, crying till sleep. ok maybe not the last one, but i think you got the point
learning to accept it is only the first step. Those who meditate are far less anxious, if at all that is.
I didn't know other people were even near as anxious as me
This video made me anxious. Thanks for sharing!
whoever wrote this is beautiful. Wonderful video thank you.
Your voice is so calming.
I appreciate how much this channel has improved! This is a great video, but I like that they've slowed the narrations and made the ideas and presentation feel less busy. That leaves more room to focus on and absorb the concepts
We live and learn! Thanks for being with us for a long time.
I'm so nervous and scared and anxious right now I'm having a crying spell.
Personally i disagree with this video and thank we are only anxious because we have forced unneeded pressures upon us
That moment you realize, you've already watched this video...
The moment you can't deny your self-denial.
And then you think, 'ah hell, may as well watch it again now it's on'
Such insightful, transformative and profound videos.....Indeed a 'School of Life'.....Priceless wholesome Education for the soul, mind and body....
Love cures a great bit of anxiety! When I'm holding my wife, my anxiety just melts away!
I like being anxious, it makes me feel alive and it's helpful I think .
It is wise to recognize the origins of anxiety in biology such that we may understand it. That understanding can be used to cultivate an acceptance of the nature of life.
I also very much agree with Rob Smith before me. We give power to the fetters of our mind and the fires of our desire because we do not know of another way. We become subservient to what is ultimately a protective instinct when it really should be used ONLY in service to our well-being. This is a fundamental difficulty in the transition from natural selection to culture as the primary force of change in our existence.
We live in a society where many of our instincts go unused in their original context. When we do not take the time to understand the scientific and psychological foundations of those urges within ourselves, we proceed to attach ourselves to these long-distanced future hopes to well-being, rather than actively living it.
I suppose what I am advocating is a cross between science and zen buddhism because both actively seek an active, observant, and consistent understanding of our reality.
Only when we gain an understanding of things as they are do we gain the power to influence what they can be.
The end is like a line in schopenhauer s essay either on th e suffering of the world or one of them that we should address eachother as fellow sufferer and treat eachother with more kindness and compassion
we can get rid of anxiety through meditation. at least a fair amount
Yes with the addition of organic herbal tea, they reduce anxiety & improve brain function.
After watching this I'm again very aware of my mortality, which goes hand in hand with the fear of loss and other shit. And I think the whole live-every-day-like-it's-the-last-of-your-days-thing is crap because this way you think of dying (and who isn't associating death with difficult feelings like grief). I rather imagine it's something like my first day on earth, except that I know how to do stuff.
did you ever think your anxiety is a sign that everything you've been accustomed to and love is not really where you belong? a fear that's so big we refuse to look at it so instead this warning system resorts to reaching in the only way it can, through the inescapable background feeling you carry around during the day. perhaps you never broke away from social, familial, and other structures of belonging in order to truly find yourself
the higher self is not a moment of enlightenment but rather the path to your greatest version, and as a being it would make sense that our lives would cause us anxiety when think everything is as it should yet somehow it all feels wrong. because deep down we are aware we're not doing what is best for us and our path and ultimately everyone else's
together we stay stuck in prison of anxiety, constantly in search of something to soothe our ever random worries, which are the result of misplaced understandings of our anxiety, through a social consciousness we constantly remind each other we're doing the right thing when it's quite apparent to our great minds below that we are not, but since we fear this mind mostly due to the fear of change to the requirement to let go of things we cherish and routines that make us feel comfortable
By freeing yourself, you allow others to follow in your wake, we see this phenomena with many things like sexuality but it's time for a new renaissance, a time of true untethered self discovery which will ultimately lead to a brighter more peaceful world, but for now go search for what really moves you without fear of what anyone else might think, society give you the chance to mistakes as a child and it's your right to continue to learn without fear of mockery (since that's hard to change over night, embrace whatever might come your way with open arms) knowing full well going through these changes will transform you beyond your imagination into the super hero you dreamed of
So easy to make this kind of videos. You just grab some video fragments without paying fees for copyright, and finally a voice over with a moral statement.
Paul Stam but you can't come up with the thought provoking matters can you? I doubt that... Easier said than done. They're doing a great job even though I am not satisfied with this video much, they're indeed informative.
I am not diagnosed with anxiety but I always feel like I'm about to have a panic attack. The other day I knew I was going to be picked to get an award as I had seen my name on a certificate whilst walking to my seat, in the assembly, there was 275 ish students and when it got to the part where I was about to go up, my heart started beating so fast and I could feel it it was like it was trying to break my ribs and I could feel it in my throat. My legs went like jelly and I felt like if I was going to try and stand up, my legs were going to collapse. I finally had to go up and I just couldn't breathe, I could hear people laughing at me at I felt like everyone was against me. Today, in my ict lesson, we were on the computers (obviously) and one of my friends found a really embarrassing picture of me and I wouldn't have minded it if only my really close friends saw (they were sitting by me) but she showed it to the whole class and the teacher saw and I was about to cry, my heart and legs went and once again I couldn't breathe. I don't know what I should do bc every time I tell my mom and dad they think I'm being stupid but I'm not and I don't want to feel alone.
That piano music at the end was soothing
I too was looking for an answer to this question since a while. Look what I found:
All anxiety is imagination. In understanding of the present, energetic action starts and anxiety disappears. That is why some wise man has said, ‘Action is the antidote to despair’. So, if I really understand what is going on and what is going on is going on ‘right now’, then from that understanding action will result; clear, direct, forceful, energetic action. And when am in the middle of the action there is no anxiety, no disappointment, there is only the beautiful and smooth flow of action.
But the brain loves to be lost in anxiety, it does not want to be in action, it only wants to be ‘anxious’. To remain in thoughts, in a constant flux, in a search; is the nature of the brain.
Read full article at:
prashantadvait.com/2014/09/11/what-is-anxiety/
Exercise helps me tremendously when I begin to feel anxious. Just getting outside and running, or playing a sport with friends really helps to take your mind off of whatever it is that's worrying you. Not to mention that when you exercise your brain releases endorphins which are natural painkillers. But, the most important thing to remember when exercising to relieve stress, is that the exercise has to be fulfilling. Make sure whatever activity you're engaging in, is one that you enjoy doing.
I think modern anxiety has a lot to do with our diets, specifically the sugar we eat the caffeine in so many drinks, then the over all inconsistency of our eating habits.
Add to that a general lack of exercise.
Add to that a sense of insignificance now we have such an broad understanding of the world.
Ignorance is bliss they say, it's no wonder then in the information age we're all so anxious.
Well said
Thank you tonnes TSOL!!! Such a comforting video for our everyday trouble... Very much moved!!!!
This video goes well with the teaching of Buddha, that life is dukkha (suffering). Btw thanks for making this video, it relieving.
That furniture may not cure anxiety, but it sure is awesome!
Hits of 1995 God, how did my username get to be hits of 1995? That makes me anxious. Actually, it's kind of cool though.
I feel my anxiety skyrocketing mostly at night...
That voice makes me wanna listen