Hello little pebbles in the churning sea of entropy, I’ve had parts of these written down in various forms in various documents for myself but I thought I would share a small sliver of it here. I think to live in the modern era is to be anxious but some of us are prone to some extra love from the gods of anxiety than others. It also changes with context. For instance, I am less anxious about sky diving from a plane than approaching a stranger to strike up a conversation. So, I thought I will share some of my thoughts around anxiety and things that have worked well for me so far.
Does it help to know that there are more of us out there? I say amen to the dog anxiety + people anxiety + hypochondria + anxiety with flying and newly discovered anxieties about crowds in general (thanks to covid). We would assume WFH would help but it kicks in right when zoom puts the virtual “spotlight” on my display picture! The best part of this is that I am seemingly an extrovert to close friends (but internally I seem to hate meeting people and covid has helped a ton in reinforcing this behaviour)!
The only thing that helped was exercise, which doesn’t really get rid of the anxiety but only reduces its magnitude and duration. I don’t know if I have a solution but here is an “amen” to everything you said and hope it helps to know there are more of us out there.
Does it help to know that there are more of us out there? I say amen to the dog anxiety + people anxiety + hypochondria + anxiety with flying and newly discovered anxieties about crowds in general (thanks to covid). We would assume WFH would help but it kicks in right when zoom puts the virtual “spotlight” on my display picture! The best part of this is that I am seemingly an extrovert to close friends (but internally I seem to hate meeting people and covid has helped a ton in reinforcing this behaviour)!
The only thing that helped was exercise, which doesn’t really get rid of the anxiety but only reduces its magnitude and duration. I don’t know if I have a solution but here is an “amen” to everything you said and hope it helps to know there are more of us out there.