Big claim? It's true, I have found the answer to solving anxiety. It came from a realization I have recently had that anxiety is caused by thoughts. You're probably thinking: "No, sh!t". But this is an important realization for curing anxiety. A thought causes a stressful reaction within the body when we believe it is more than just a thought. When a child believes the thoughts they are having about the boogieman are real, their bodies generate a stressful reaction. The problem here is not the thoughts, but the perceptions of the thoughts. Perception is the problem. We can think a thought all day long, and it can only causes a stressful reaction if we believe it is true. The easiest way to sort all of this nonsense out is to correctly label a thought as being a thought. Thoughts are nothing more than thoughts, and all that is real is mindfulness (the immersion into a strong awareness of the senses). The mere fact that the thoughts of an anxious person are bothering them so much clearly reflects a distorted reality (i.e. that thoughts are real, and thus causing the physiological reaction).
Well, anyways, just food for thought. I am going to make a huge effort to make people aware of the true root cause of anxiety. On this blog I'm going to talk about my journey overcoming anxiety (the realization hasn't permeated all of my worldview yet). I'm also starting a YouTube channel (click me for channel).
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