Anxiety is not a sign of sickness, a weakness of the mind, or an error for which we should always seek a medical solution. It is mostly a hugely reasonable and sensitive response to the genuine strangeness, terror, uncertainty, and riskiness of existence
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Anxiety is purely mind-based thinking of projections, expectations, stories, and thoughts of the future. Anxiety is a thinking process, not a feeling one.
Søren Kierkegaard put it: “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
Why? Because the Stoics can’t always be right. We cannot demand from them a formula for our happiness, because no such formula exists; happiness is messy and fuzzy and active. Can disturbance be a good thing? Why would we not wish to pay attention to these disturbances if they have something to teach us? Anxiety is a signal that we are not in harmo
... See moreAnxiety springs up when your mind does not understand how to act efficiently in any situation.
A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
If we don’t deal with those feelings in a productive manner by getting back on track with our duties in life, we’ll lose hope instead of finding answers. When left unresolved, anxiety can debilitate one’s mind and body—and even lead to panic attacks.
a terrible anxiety attends chronic illness. Over time, it becomes difficult to untangle the suffering from symptoms like pain from the suffering inflicted by the anxiety over the possibility of more pain, and worse outcomes, in the future.