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How to Heal the Anxious Self — David Whyte - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
heal. Previously, I used to wake up and monitor how I felt and spend all day trying to do something about it. I finally accepted that when I woke, I would feel tired and anxious, my mind would probably race and that I would feel odd and detached for most of the day. I would not ignore it or pretend to like it, but for once I was not going to try
... See morePaul David • At Last A Life
Constant anxiety is an unconscious defence against what is calling us to a deeper understanding. Ever-present anxiety actually covers over and prevents me from feeling fully what I am worrying about. Constant anxiety is our constant way of not paying attention. Anxiety is the trembling surface identity that finds the full measure of our anguish too
... See more“a protection against real intimacy, real friendship and real engagement with our work,” a way not to feel “the full vulnerability of being visible and touchable in a difficult world.” In anxiety, we disallow ourselves “the ability to stop and rest and the spacious silence needed for... a new understanding” — and all true intimacy opens into a new... See more
Maria Popova • The Marginalian
There are many reasons a body might feel anxious.
Sometimes it's biochemistry. Sometimes it's old trauma still cycling through the nervous system. Sometimes it's a medical condition that needs tending. And sometimes, sometimes, it's the accurate perception of a world that asks too much and offers too little.
This isn't about reducing all distress to... See more
Sometimes it's biochemistry. Sometimes it's old trauma still cycling through the nervous system. Sometimes it's a medical condition that needs tending. And sometimes, sometimes, it's the accurate perception of a world that asks too much and offers too little.
This isn't about reducing all distress to... See more