Hey Snap!
Thing is, when you welcome and embrace anxiety it has a quirky habit of going away
Are you saying that what I propose is, based on your personal experience, possible, but that it leads to elimination of anxiety?
(kind of like my BPDexgf )
Lmaoo same here
Stress isn't something that you should just live with, it literally kills people.
That's certainly true, but at the same time, completete eradication of stress is impossible and unrealistic. To phrase what I'm wondering a little bit better, I'm thinking whether acceptance and tolerance of stress when it occurs is an overall better strategy.
But now you've got me thinking; if it doesn't go away on its own, it has to be managed, eventually, as it's not healthy. As I understand, stress is ok for short-term periods, but damages the body in all sort of ways in long-term periods.
I've had anxiety issues for a long time. It worked for me
That's great! Very glad to hear that about you and gives me hope about me, as well.
Would you describe yourself as more resilient to stress in general nowadays? More capable to act intelligently under pressure? That also is one of my goals, and I've been thinking that accepting stress could eventually lead to that.
It's not just experiencing it in the moment I think, its a signal of something that requires your attention (or so your body thinks). The goal is to figure out what is going and if it is really something that requires action/attention.
That's a very interesting interpretation. I'll keep it in mind.
In my case for instance, I've felt a little bit of anxiety when I've said "yes" to something without really wanting to, or when I'm repressing my self and my self-expression in social interactions.
Resolving that stress, while not letting it overwhelm you, and at the same time not repressing it, is the name of the game.
I think you hit the nail on the head here!
How did you come to that conclusion? I'm really curious about the thought process.
Curiosity is a good thing! Well, I've figured that by the aforementioned strategy I'd do well in a stressful work enviroment (in the future). I guess that I want to be efficient in high stress enviroments like other people are. At the same time, I think this will help me in my life in general.
Thank you for chiming in Snap! I really appreciate your input!