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Tag: Anxiety
The Art of Struggle: Why You Should Do Difficult Activities to Manage Your Anxiety
When left alone, anxiety becomes a monster. Obsession, ambition, and fear are always linked. The more ambitious you are, the … More
Why Should I Continue to Hope?: A Philosophical Analysis of Romantic Idealism
I’ve asked myself so many times: should I stop dreaming? It’s sort of a cliché that the young are idealists … More
I’m Not Enough: Why Feeling Like You’re Good Enough Shouldn’t Be Your Only Goal
“I hear what you’re saying, and I can see what I’ve done, but why don’t I feel it?” How many … More
Paralyzed by the Fear of Uncertainty: Beginning to Overcome Debilitating Self-Doubt
Anxiety is a bitch. And the beliefs behind it are even worse. When people struggle with Generalized Anxiety or Obsessive … More
“If He Wanted to He Would”: Why Our Consolations about Rejection are Usually Unhelpful and Wrong
“If he/she wanted to he/she would” is the most overused and misguided phrase in consolation. By saying it, the person … More
My OCD Story: The Emotional Costs and Benefits of Being Obsessive
My brain has a tendency to exaggerate. Sometimes, my mind idealizes and makes me believe that some goal I’m working … More
The Hopelessness of Complaining: Why We Excessively Complain and How to Stop
“Now if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth, but you gotta be willing … More
Punishing Myself: Why We’re So Hard on Ourselves and How We Can Stop
Can you recall a time in your life when you let down someone whom you admired? When you did, what … More
The Hindsight Bias and Personalization: Why Our Minds Naturally Prefer Misery to Fear
The Hindsight Bias, according to Kendra Cherry, is “the tendency people have to view events as more predictable than they … More
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