▲ 41 ▼ Doctors favour explaining anxiety to patients as a human evolution ‘success story’ (www.cam.ac.uk) submitted 6 months ago by Deep@mander.xyz to c/science@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] treehugger6@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) My therapist has took this angle immediately - anxiety is a part of us and has a real function - to make us more cautious. But in the modern world it misfires and makes us anxious about things we don't need to be anxious about which can stop us from doing what we want/need to do. So you acknowledge that voice within yourself, understand that it's coming from a good place, and then gently push it aside. I mean I suck at actually doing this but it seems like sound advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) My therapist has took this angle immediately - anxiety is a part of us and has a real function - to make us more cautious. But in the modern world it misfires and makes us anxious about things we don't need to be anxious about which can stop us from doing what we want/need to do. So you acknowledge that voice within yourself, understand that it's coming from a good place, and then gently push it aside. I mean I suck at actually doing this but it seems like sound advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)