Anxiety is in your body, not your mind

Re:Anxiety is in your body, not your mind by bspammer on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:54AM (#26776941)

> Anxiety comes from a lack of competence, confidence, or self-awareness.

This is oversimplified, anxiety isn’t just about social situations. My anxiety is none of these but comes from an overwhelming awareness of my own mortality.

I don’t feel like I’m going to die today or tomorrow, but the knowledge that I will die one day and wipe out all memory of me as I am now is permanently terrifying to me. I really believe that almost everyone else has some part of their brain to suppress this fact, that I am missing.

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Re:Anxiety is in your body, not your mind by nunodonato on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:41AM (#26777173)

find out who the real "me" is, and that fear will no longer hold

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Re:Anxiety is in your body, not your mind by bspammer on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:09AM (#26777757)

Is your point that there is no such thing as "me"? Because I've tried meditating on that thought and it hasn't really helped. I think, therefore I am after all.

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Re:Anxiety is in your body, not your mind by nunodonato on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:17AM (#26779057)

You can't meditate on that thought. Keep the search :)

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Re:Anxiety is in your body, not your mind by bspammer on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:53AM (#26779451)

I appreciate that you’re trying to help, but I’ve been searching for a long time and it only makes me feel worse.

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Re:Anxiety is in your body, not your mind by nunodonato on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:28PM (#26783971)

Look into Ramana Maharishi

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