I’m against KILLING anxiety.
I see all these titles, “BEAT your anxiety, KILL your anxiety, GET RID OF your anxiety” on well-respected websites.
This is exactly why anxiety is still there.
Because we’re at war with it.
We’re trying to fight it, run away from it, terminate it!
If you’re tired of fighting it and seeing it grow stronger as a Lernaean Hydra, why don’t you change your strategy?
Do the opposite.
ACCEPT your anxiety, WELCOME your anxiety, LOVE your anxiety.
Love yourself WITH the anxiety.
Anxiety will go, “OK, you know what? You’ve been so nice to me… I don’t feel like freaking you out any more!”
Peace is the answer. Letting Go. Surrendering.
And try not asking “WHY I feel the way I feel”.
The chronic sufferer is suffering because they’re constantly asking WHY they’re suffering.
Why do I feel anxious?
Why can’t I stop thinking?
Why is my pain not going away?
The obstacle to feeling better is constantly asking why you’re not feeling better.
I’ve been there.
I used to interrogate my emotions to Olympic standard!
The habit of asking “why I feel the way I feel” illustrates an unconscious intention to escape from your feelings.
But as the old saying goes, “what you resist, persists”.
So, what should you do instead?
Try for a week to allow all your emotions to be, to flow, to move.
Maybe you’ll feel better.
Or maybe you won’t—that’s OK.
But don’t make peace to win the war.
That will work against you.
Open your door to both positive and negative feelings.
There isn’t such thing as a positive or negative feeling at the end of the day.
There are only FEELINGS and those feelings are to be FELT—not questioned, not judged, or obstructed.
I love myself with my anxiety.
I love you with your anxiety.
Lovingly anxious,
Angelos 😆
P.S. You may want to read my complete and cartoon-illustrated guide on anxiety.
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