The Place We Find Ourselves

109 Anxiety: What It Is and How To Respond To It

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Mar 14, 2022
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INSIGHT

Anxiety Is Avoided Emotion

  • Anxiety differs from fear because fear responds to present danger while anxiety signals avoided emotions.
  • Hillary Jacobs-Hendel: anxiety occurs when you push down sadness, grief, or anger.
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Unfelt Childhood Emotions Accumulate

  • Early experiences shape how you handle emotions and can cause a buildup of unfelt feelings.
  • Accumulated, unfelt sadness connects to present sadness and produces overwhelming anxiety.
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Messages Teach Emotional Avoidance

  • Cultural and parental messages teach children that sadness, fear, or anger are bad or weak.
  • Those messages make emotional avoidance feel necessary and later cause anxiety.
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