Showing posts with label openness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label openness. Show all posts
Friday, December 09, 2011
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Why is it that when we encounter someone who appears to be anxious, we generally have a negative reaction, or ourselves become uncomfortable?
Viewing anxiety in terms of the fear of "being thrown back on oneself," this reaction seems to be a mystery. In living with chronic illness, I often feel my anxiety as the storehouse of energy that I have, but am unable to translate into use for various reasons. So, if anxiety was a sign of stores of unactualized possibilties for living, why would it have a negative connotation? What survival value does this impart?
Viewing anxiety in terms of the fear of "being thrown back on oneself," this reaction seems to be a mystery. In living with chronic illness, I often feel my anxiety as the storehouse of energy that I have, but am unable to translate into use for various reasons. So, if anxiety was a sign of stores of unactualized possibilties for living, why would it have a negative connotation? What survival value does this impart?
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