Stoicism and Anxiety

Stoicism was a philosophy that flourished for about 500 years in the ancient world. The Stoics believed that our, it's our thinking, our beliefs, the cause and emotions to a large extent. So if I just think anxiety is like an energy or a blob of emotion, I don't know what do I do with it? they're trying to vent it. They're trying to suppress it. And so once you realize that emotions are cognitive, it opens up a whole toolbox of techniques that you can use.

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