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TLDR of how to stop worrying about the future: Every time I see this question (how to stop worrying about the future?) I feel a little amused. No, not because I’m a heartless robot. After all, I and 12.5% percent of adults (in the US) age 18 and older experience regular feelings of worry, nervousness,…
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Which of the 2 kinds of anxiety do you have? How strong is your anxiety? What is causing it? Why do you have anxiety in the first place? Etc, etc. If you want to overcome anxiety you need to know what you’re dealing with. “Know your enemy” is the motto for this section. This is…
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My grandpa died two days ago. As always, I learned about it “in the morning” by European time and “right before my lessons began” by Japanese time. So, I had to carry this “information” through my lessons. Turns out, knowing the stages of grief helps process such things faster. But even knowing them, and knowing…
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Overcoming anxiety is not the last stop of your journey. Imagine this for a second: You are now anxiety-free. You overcame anxiety. You followed the SMART process of overcoming anxiety and now it’s mostly gone. And how do you feel now? You may think your life would be great! Peaceful! Calm. Happy. But in reality……
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Let me tell you a story about how I accidentally used the relaxation techniques for anxiety I’m about to show you today… I stood up to a bully, won the respect of my classmates and boosted my self-esteem. This happened in middle school. One of our teachers was sick that day, so my classmates and…
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The topic of overcoming anxiety reminds me of the time I caught a cold when I was 19. This was no regular cold! Over the course of the first week, each day it was getting worse and worse. My father, a doctor, took me to see one of his old friends (an experienced doctor). He…
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You never know when having overcome anxiety will come in handy. Once upon a time the school I worked at was going through a change of ownership. The new owners were looking for ways to save money. They invited all employees for interviews. Yes, it was like having a job interview AT WORK. Out of…
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What if you’ve been failing to overcome anxiety? Should you keep trying or give up? Anxiety sucks! I suffered from anxiety for years and it used to make me: And much more! An estimated 4.05% of the global population has an anxiety disorder. That’s 301 million people. (source: https://mecp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43045-023-00315-3) If Anxiety was a country, it…
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“Driving anxiety is ruining my life” is exactly how I felt for many years! I remember one day I was waiting for my girlfriend near a road. It was summer. It was hot. I heard electronic music. It was coming from a car that had stopped at the red light. A man in his late…
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Have you ever wondered this about anxiety research: why don’t scientists conduct experiments on humans? Drug trials aside, the answer is obvious. Experiments are often unethical. You can remove a rat’s liver and see what happens. Can’t do that to a human. No-no. Same way, you can’t take a person who’s successfully managing their disorder…
