Sometimes, the pain and uncertainty of life can feel too terrible to manage. At some point, your anxiety or overwhelm hits a tipping point. Suddenly everything about your life is wrong: you're ugly, you're fat, you're with the wrong person, you're failing at work, you'll never live up to the expectations of others. Everybody has it figured out—except you.
Anxiety has a field day. You don't even think about it—you just want the pain to go away. Social Media, alcohol, food—choose your poison. The problem is, you feel worse now. You ate or drank more than you wanted to. You sat for hours doom scrolling, and now you're not only feeling more defficient, you're both wired and exhausted at the same time.
It's a vicious cycle. It's so common, we've almost all experienced it. For many people, it's a trap that's hard to break out of.
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How can we cultivate peace and groundedness within ourselves in the face of a complicated and demanding world? It's not as simple as just shutting down Social Media, or deleting the food delivery app from your phone. These well-intended measures often have limited benefit, or only work for a short time.
The stresses and anxieties of our lives are trying to tell us something. They are a wakeup call from inside of us, crying out for our deepest inner wisdom. We can want to change, but if we're burdened by trauma, shame, or stuck places inside ourselves, it shuts the process down.
We were born to be whole human beings. Growth is one of the most meaningful aspects of life. By understanding and working with the unique fingerprint of your anxieties, you can turn anxieties into allies.