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Being married with kids helps me. To be able to live for a new family unit and striving to give them a better life than I had, is sustaining.
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That’d be a rather ineffective survival mechanism if that were the case. Panic leads to irrational behavior but anxiety is there to alert you of something needing attention.
There's anxiety (a feeling of nervousness or unease, in presence of a real or perceived threat or danger), which is normal and useful - you feel anxious before giving a public speech, or asking someone out. Panic is a stronger version of anxiety, but it can be justified and also be useful - you will feel it if you get attacked by an enraged dog or when you see a man running towards you with a knife. Then there's Anxi…
What i meant in the original comment was that anxiety and fear don't just go away they have a tendency to develop an addiction (for lack of a better word)
If your hope relies on humanity figuring it out and working together, your anxieties are only going to get worse over time.
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That’d be a rather ineffective survival mechanism if that were the case. Panic leads to irrational behavior but anxiety is there to alert you of something needing attention.
There's anxiety (a feeling of nervousness or unease, in presence of a real or perceived threat or danger), which is normal and useful - you feel anxious before giving a public speech, or asking someone out. Panic is a stronger version of anxiety, but it can be justified and also be useful - you will feel it if you get attacked by an enraged dog or when you see a man running towards you with a knife. Then there's Anxi…
Loving-kindness or Thonglen meditation might help.
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Your opinion might be unpopular but it shouldn't be. I'm quite well off, have friends, an overall good life, but at the same time was a miserable sack of shit. Until I talked to a therapist. Initially we spoke every week, now I talk to her about once a month. We talk about everything. What bothers me at work. What bothers me in the world. Things that are going well. Things that are unfair. And she's an impartial advi…
>If we break our bones we visit a doctor. If our teeth hurt we visit a dentist. Depends on your health insurance, financial standing and free time. If you're an affluent tech worker you probably would go to a dentist for a toothache. Most people I know would not. I wouldn't compare mental health to broken bones. We've been successfully treating broken bones for thousands of years. Seeking treatment for depression or…
You're not wrong, but we gotta start somewhere.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%20...
Life is inherently dangerous; nobody survives it. In the chaos that exists around us we need to take the chances we can to enjoy life while we can. Nobody says we can't do something useful with our time, but spending one's sparetime working won't help. I've heard the phrase "chop wood, carry water" here on HN a few times. It's not a bad concept and if you have the option then I'd suggest trying. It's far more rewardi…
> It's not a bad concept What an extreme understatement! (Graham Chapman: "It's a good idea, O Lord!") ...It is part of a tradition. Anyway, you seem to be using that idea on an odd interpretation. Have you taken it to be, "live simply"? That would be part of the recipe, but the actor should first (or parallely) learn to approach matters accordingly. And this is where the submitter shows difficulties. This is why I s…
The OP mentions Netflix but also that hobbies feel like a waste of time. I'd go as far as to claim Netflix is a waste of time while a hobby that leaves you happier isn't.
Edit: for the record, actual wood chopping is a very rewarding task. It's a great way of relaxing one's mind after a stressful day at work.