
Me, You, Culture & Anxiety

Dr. Gabor Maté - Toxic Culture | Bioneers
youtube.comAnxieties are formed when we develop an unhealthy attachment or aversion to pleasant or unpleasant feelings and then lose control of the ability to repeat or avoid those feelings.
Steve Sant • The Anxious Buddhist
stress is something that can build up inside of us over time. When we don’t relieve the pressure that this stress creates and relieve it frequently, it only builds further.
Chris Bailey • How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times
But here’s the problem with modernity. We live in a time where we are surrounded by stressors. Right now, I have 56 emails in my inbox that need my attention. My body is responding to that with stress (this body of ours is also not great at knowing the difference between life-and-death stressors and the kinds of stressors that won’t kill me). My un
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