Pathologizing all forward thinking action as an anxiety coping mechanism is a great way to shame yourself and maximize anxiety. Conclusion: anxiety has become sentient and wants to live forever
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What if anxiety is Good Actually, and rather than solving it the way to deal with it is to identify what it is telling you about the world and deal with that appropriately? i.e. by developing anxiety coping mechanisms.
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Hmm, yes! In two senses: - This thing is potentially threatening to my body/life in some way and should be thought through - This thing requires a summoning of energy and anxiety is a shortcut to getting those glands to activate and give me the happy speed
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I definitely struggle with "Why am I feeling anxiety in this situation?" "Shouldn't it be fun to (for example) make out with this person? Write code?" Accepting that even ordinary things just make me anxious now...is hard.
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