@Westenberg | The Anxiety Epidemic
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- Full Title: @Westenberg | The Anxiety Epidemic
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- We’ve got more time on our hands than ever before in human history. And what do we do with all this extra time? We use it to obsess over how spectacularly fucked up everything is. It’s like we’ve upgraded from survival mode to “let’s find new and creative ways to stress ourselves out” mode. (View Highlight)
- We’ve got more time on our hands than ever before in human history. And what do we do with all this extra time? We use it to obsess over how spectacularly fucked up everything is. It’s like we’ve upgraded from survival mode to “let’s find new and creative ways to stress ourselves out” mode. (View Highlight)
- You’re not worrying about finding your next meal? Great, now you have time to worry about whether you’re eating the “right” foods. Organic, gluten-free, keto, paleo — pick your nutritional niche.
It’s like we’ve traded one set of very real, immediate problems for a whole host of abstract, existential ones. And let me tell you, our brains are not equipped to handle this shit. (View Highlight) - Everyone’s posting their best moments, their victories, their perfectly staged photos. It’s a constant stream of “look how awesome my life is” being shoved in your face. And what do we do? We compare our behind-the-scenes footage to everyone else’s highlight reel. (View Highlight)
New highlights added 2024-07-16 at 1:45 PM
- Divesting means ruthlessly prioritizing what deserves your emotional energy. It’s about realizing that you don’t have to have a strong opinion on every single thing that crosses your feed. Understanding that not every thought that pops into your head deserves a five-act drama. (View Highlight)
- If your anxiety is seriously impacting your life, stop reading this and seek help. Talk to a therapist, consider medication if it’s appropriate. There’s no shame in getting the support you need. There’s no shame in talking about it.
But when anxiety isn’t a clinical issue, when it’s a bad habit we’ve developed, like biting our nails or drunk texting our exes, it’s time to break the cycle. (View Highlight) - Maybe we could all benefit from a little more boredom in our lives. We’re so used to constant stimulation, constant input, that we’ve forgotten how to just… be. We reach for our phones at the slightest hint of downtime, filling every moment with noise and information. (View Highlight)
- Maybe, just maybe, instead of trying to get rid of our anxiety, we should be thanking it. Because without that little voice telling us to be careful, to pay attention, to care about things, we’d be missing out on a lot of what makes life beautiful and exciting.
The key is learning to listen to that voice without letting it control us. To acknowledge our fears without being ruled by them. To feel the anxiety and do the thing anyway.
Because at the end of the day, a life lived in fear is a life half-lived. (View Highlight) - We’re all just tiny specks in an incomprehensibly vast universe. In a hundred years, no one will remember that awkward thing you said at a party or that time you screwed up a presentation at work.
Why not take some risks? Why not put yourself out there? Why not do the things that scare you?
The things that make you anxious are often the same things that make life worth living. (View Highlight)
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