Rationality and anxiety
October 17, 2009
This is something which regularly troubles my addled head. If one can qualify, understand and evaluate the problems anxiety cause; if we can explore why it happens and apply rational thinking in the middle of an attack; if we explore what the various lifestyle solutions are, how and why do you remain anxious?
I tell myself constantly that I am insignificant. That we all are. Our lives are mostly meaningless; we’re only here a short time, so let’s enjoy it. There are as many planets in the solar system as there are grains of sand on earth. Nothing really, truly matters. And while that works for a few seconds, sometimes a minute, it doesn’t help me when I’m in the middle of an attack, or have to talk to someone at work, or meet a client. No. Never.
It’s odd. It’s horrible.
October 23, 2009 at 12:20 pm
have a friend who has a high level of psychosomatic reactions, its as if the brain has hijacked the body. in short. an extreme reaction of hers is treated with. wait for it. blowing into a paper bag in the toilets. may not work for everybody.