Animity
03-19-2014, 02:59 PM
It's taken me SO LONG to become this positive, after years and years of severe anxiety. But now i've broken free, well.. Almost. I still have my days like anyone. I went to a graveyard recently and instead of being uncomfortable and depressed, I actually became motivated. We're all here on this Earth to live the best of our lives as we can, through our own experience and the people we love.
There were some pretty banged up tombstones, and others which were just rotting away. Which made me realize, that sooner or later i'm going to be just another hole in the ground. It might not sound great, but it made me realize that each day, each minute I waste being scared of something that's going to happen inevitably is completely pointless. Now this obviously didn't cure my fear/anxiety instantly. But now, when ever i'm scared of doing something I know that I can do this and it can lead to something great, or the worst that can happen is that it won't work out.
I read a book recently "Top 5 regrets of Dying". Now quite a few things scare me, but nothing scares me more than living a life I could have live, to only have it wasted. I don't want to be lying on my death bed one day thinking... What if. Maybe... IF I just... One thing i've learned though is that most people that have our condition of anxiety. Usually are perfectionists to some degree, that fear failure. But what is failure? I think it's just an opportunity to learn more. But, i'll talk about that another time.
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There were some pretty banged up tombstones, and others which were just rotting away. Which made me realize, that sooner or later i'm going to be just another hole in the ground. It might not sound great, but it made me realize that each day, each minute I waste being scared of something that's going to happen inevitably is completely pointless. Now this obviously didn't cure my fear/anxiety instantly. But now, when ever i'm scared of doing something I know that I can do this and it can lead to something great, or the worst that can happen is that it won't work out.
I read a book recently "Top 5 regrets of Dying". Now quite a few things scare me, but nothing scares me more than living a life I could have live, to only have it wasted. I don't want to be lying on my death bed one day thinking... What if. Maybe... IF I just... One thing i've learned though is that most people that have our condition of anxiety. Usually are perfectionists to some degree, that fear failure. But what is failure? I think it's just an opportunity to learn more. But, i'll talk about that another time.
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