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There’s a saying that if you’re anxious, it’s because you’re living in the future, and if you’re depressed, it’s because you’re living in the past. When you’re living in the present moment, you realize that both the past and future are just current illusions in the infinite, eternal “now” and that they are actually ways in which you can avoid being
... See moreBrianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
If the past determined everything and couldn’t be changed, we who are living today would no longer be able to take effective steps forward in our lives. What would happen as a result? We would end up with the kind of nihilism and pessimism that loses hope in the world and gives up on life. The Freudian etiology that is typified by the trauma argume
... See moreIchiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
L’anxiété chronique est un problème d’espoir : c’est la peur d’un avenir raté. La dépression aussi est un problème d’espoir : c’est la conviction que l’avenir sera vide de sens. Délires, obsessions et addictions ne sont que les tentatives désespérées de générer de l’espoir5.
Mark Manson • Tout est foutu: Un livre sur l'espoir (French Edition)
We understand the importance of speaking about mental health with the same degree of legitimacy as physical health. However, in the same way that we’d question what someone keeps tripping over if they repeatedly sprain their ankle, a lot of anxiety is similarly circumstantial, as many illnesses are. Specifically, anxiety tends to be the result of a
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