Re:Dealing with anxiety, absent-mindedness, ineffectiveness ...
by foxyv on Friday October 04, 2019 @12:43PM
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I would like to support this argument with my own experience. Running, biking, lifting, camping, fasting, and generally suffering in a positive way has made me feel so much better.
It's like my hind brain thinks I need to get out and hunt/gather or I'll starve to death and that involves the above ordeals. If I just eat and do nothing my brain thinks I'm going to end up destitute and starving or something.
Re:Dealing with anxiety, absent-mindedness, ineffectiveness ...
by ecf on Friday October 04, 2019 @12:44PM
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Echoing your thoughts. For me, it’s cycling. With proper suffering I’ve found the body reverts back to a more primitive form and the only thing it’s trying to do is keep providing the muscles with energy.
Not much time for your brain to wander and latch on to anxiety.
Suffering brings clarity for me. Literally. I think humans need a certain amount of stress to be healthy - when you don't get it, it ends up leaking out as this constant anxiety that never seems to go away. Putting your body through physical stress melts that constant low-grade anxiety like butter.