Anxiety Breeds More Anxiety

2023-01-30

We avoid things that make us anxious or uneasy, the things that our body doesn’t want to do, or the things that our mind tells us we cannot do. I wanted to chat about what happens when we give into our anxiety like this. Quotes shared in this episode: “What I advise you to do is, not to be unhappy before the crisis comes…some things torment us more than they ought; some torment us before they ought; and some torment us when they ought not to torment us at all. We are in the habit of exaggerating, or imaginin...

We avoid things that make us anxious or uneasy, the things that our body doesn’t want to do, or the things that our mind tells us we cannot do.

I wanted to chat about what happens when we give into our anxiety like this.

Quotes shared in this episode:

“What I advise you to do is, not to be unhappy before the crisis comes…some things torment us more than they ought; some torment us before they ought; and some torment us when they ought not to torment us at all. We are in the habit of exaggerating, or imagining, or anticipating, sorrow.” — Seneca

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. — Seneca

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