It’s about the journey.
everybodyhasabrain:
One of the things that scare me the most is uncertainty.
I’ve always felt that I must know where I’m going and exactly how is it that I’m going to get there.
Most of the times this was a good thing - Being goal oriented has definitely taken me places.
However, my constant planning and control was leading me into a path that made it hard for me to enjoy life, even my achievements.
My dad used to tell me that I was not very expressive or enthusiastic about things, that I almost looked not happy when good things were happening to me.
I think I lived like that for a long time because my mind was always thinking about tomorrow, always planning what was coming next, all this because I didn’t want life to catch me off guard.
I was certain that life was about going from point A to point B, and didn’t see anything in between.
All this changed dramatically when I had a family crisis between me and my mom that left me (and her) heartbroken.
I should say that I didn’t have any kind of sudden epiphany that made change my ideas about uncertainty, it just gradually happened.
I think that event made me understand that it doesn’t matter how hard I try to beat uncertainty, sometimes things don’t go according to plan.
Life’s ups and downs shape us more than the destinations we have set for it.
-Daniela
Don’t give reasons/excuses. Just pick up, move on, and find a new way!
everybodyhasabrain:
HOW DO I PREVENT PROBLEMS WITH ANXIETY?
By not listening to reason.
When people get anxious, they come up with all sorts of reasons why they should do something unhealthy. Individuals do this, companies do this, governments and cultures do this, too. Unhealthy activities that relive anxiety in the short-term but make you miserable and ill in the long-term, can always be rationalized, logically, and sound perfectly reasonable (at the time).
If you’re struggling with anxiety, reason (especially from your brain) is not your friend.
Mental illness is often portrayed as being a lack of rationality, but I think anxiety disorders result from a surplus of rationality. Getting over my anxiety disorders, staying recovered, and preventing further problems with anxiety has all come about by sticking to values and doing what I know is healthy, regardless of what reasons I invent to do something else.
Health requires requires an irrational commitment to what’s best for you, holistically, as a whole body, regardless of what your brain throws at you. Health requires craziness.
Get crazy healthy.
- Mark
