We need anxiety
Anxiety is a roadmap that points us to a real or imagined threat, pain from the past or something in the present that needs our attention.
While anxiety can be debilitating and must be managed, we need it. If we disable or mute our anxiety indicators, we won't know where the problem is.
16
88 reads
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
Leonardo da Vinci's creative process
How to approach problem-solving like da Vinci
The importance of curiosity and observation
Related collections
Similar ideas to We need anxiety
Worry, anxiety, and stress
- Worry. A repetitive form of thinking about the future or the past.
- Anxiety. An uncomfortable feeling of fear, apprehension, or dread, often in the gut or chest, accompanied by physical symptoms such as rapid heartbeat and sweating.
The Anxiety You Can Control
The horror movie experience gives us a chance to control our anxiety, as we can always cover our eyes, mute the audio, or turn the lights on. If we want more anxiety, we can do the opposite.
Feeling scary for a fictional story can be less consequential and even the...
"Spoilers" Of The Present
The real problem doesn't come from feeling pain the in moment, but from the way we use memory and anticipation.
The object or event we fear is not always something happening in the immediate future. It may be the problem of next month’s bills, a social or natural disast...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates