I'm an anxious person. Always have been.
It's a weird, frustrating way to live: There is so much to wonder at or truly fear, and instead I can't stop ruminating over some nonsense from 3 years ago, or worrying about something far in the future.
It's a weird, frustrating way to live: There is so much to wonder at or truly fear, and instead I can't stop ruminating over some nonsense from 3 years ago, or worrying about something far in the future.
I know I have better things to be thinking about. I know I should spend the time in gratitude for all that I have. Or I should be worrying about the right problems.
But as the Buddhists say: my thoughts think themselves. So I'm anxious AND annoyed at myself for it.
But as the Buddhists say: my thoughts think themselves. So I'm anxious AND annoyed at myself for it.
And then came the pandemic. Reality was objectively terrifying, and many of us were trapped inside, severed from social connection and routine, with acres of time to fret.
It was a bad mix. I know a lot of people who didn't have an anxiety problem before, but do now.
It was a bad mix. I know a lot of people who didn't have an anxiety problem before, but do now.
So what is anxiety? How do we learn it? And more to the point, how do we unlearn it?
@judbrewer's book, "Unwinding Anxiety," has one of the most useful models for this I've found. So I asked him on the show to walk me through it: nytimes.com/2021/04/20/opi…
@judbrewer's book, "Unwinding Anxiety," has one of the most useful models for this I've found. So I asked him on the show to walk me through it: nytimes.com/2021/04/20/opi…
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