Weekly Roundup: Anxiety II

February 22-26, 2021

Monday: Anxiety is not a cognitive construct. It's not a mental analysis of data. But it’s not entirely disassociated from the mind, either. Anxiety reminds us that our body and mind are closely, and often mysteriously, connected.

Tuesday: But there’s another type of death that causes perhaps more anxiety: The death of meaning. We worry that this life—our life!—has no purpose, no meaning, no point.

Wednesday: Our "nocturnal tormenters” must be faced, addressed, examined, understood, and ultimately healed from BY DAY. Otherwise, they become our nightmares.

Thursday: If we can’t start here—the sun on our cheeks, the smile of a child, the smell of camomile tea, for example—we will suffocate at the feet of the BIG non-truths of anxiety.

Friday: While anxiety tells us lies, it consistently tells us a truth: “Something’s off. Hope is a mere step toward discovering what it might be.

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