A well-done narrative of your approach-avoidance as you ponder the enormous gap between you & the show. “Can I make it to the other side?! And you did!
Love this. I think our brains often use anxiety as a readiness drill of sorts. It's deeply uncomfortable and sometimes painful; it has difficult and sometimes disabling symptoms. And yet it also forces focus on the important moment ahead, whether we like it or not. I have spent a lifetime trying to learn to go into moments of the sort you describe here with ease, and while I've made a lot of progress, I don't think it's ever going to happen just the way I would like. That said -- the point about the pathologization of anxiety is huge. What would anxiety look like -- and what would it feel like -- if we could change the story we tell about what it is, why we have it, and why it matters?
Yes. This! "What would anxiety look like -- and what would it feel like -- if we could change the story we tell about what it is, why we have it, and why it matters?"
I can't imagine what my life would have been like if I'd been taught about anxiety as a child, not just from my parents but school, society, etc.
I think the world would be a very different place if we defined emotional intelligence as a necessary kind of intelligence to be cultivated in childhood. Imagine if we grew up conversant not only in anxiety, but also in shame, fear, anger, resentment, envy, not to mention longing, wonder, and love.
Thank you, Sara it has been helpful. These are lucid observations, and positive criticism to perform the objective analysis and evaluation of mental health treatment by using own experiences for benefit of others.
A well-done narrative of your approach-avoidance as you ponder the enormous gap between you & the show. “Can I make it to the other side?! And you did!
Thank you, David! Indeed I did.
Love this. I think our brains often use anxiety as a readiness drill of sorts. It's deeply uncomfortable and sometimes painful; it has difficult and sometimes disabling symptoms. And yet it also forces focus on the important moment ahead, whether we like it or not. I have spent a lifetime trying to learn to go into moments of the sort you describe here with ease, and while I've made a lot of progress, I don't think it's ever going to happen just the way I would like. That said -- the point about the pathologization of anxiety is huge. What would anxiety look like -- and what would it feel like -- if we could change the story we tell about what it is, why we have it, and why it matters?
Yes. This! "What would anxiety look like -- and what would it feel like -- if we could change the story we tell about what it is, why we have it, and why it matters?"
I can't imagine what my life would have been like if I'd been taught about anxiety as a child, not just from my parents but school, society, etc.
I think the world would be a very different place if we defined emotional intelligence as a necessary kind of intelligence to be cultivated in childhood. Imagine if we grew up conversant not only in anxiety, but also in shame, fear, anger, resentment, envy, not to mention longing, wonder, and love.
Thank you, Sara it has been helpful. These are lucid observations, and positive criticism to perform the objective analysis and evaluation of mental health treatment by using own experiences for benefit of others.