That 'Existential Anxiety'

 

NOT to throw unnecessary OR senseless jargons to you BUT I came across EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY out of curiosity.  Taking a reverse-engineering by starting off with the manifestations before defining it, common outcomes of EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY include panic, hopelessness and significant disruptions in life.  And moving backward, it is defined as that deep-seated dread arising from confronting the fundamental limitations of our existence like the lack of inherent meaning in life😡😡😡

Studies show that our worst mental habit is that unconscious mental loop, catching ourselves in those hundred tiny ways.  LIKE, am I winning?  LIKE, WHO else is better than me?  LIKE HOW is that person making it ahead of me?  THAT little metric we keep in our heads.  WHO's richer?  WHO's happier?  WHO's farther ahead?  Ouch, YES dude, that's a massive waste of life WHICH sadly our brain loves measuring!@#$%?  Psychologists researched on this and their common conclusion is that we tend to be manifesting these behaviors for our survival.  BUT ironically, this 'ancient wiring' makes us quite 'miserable'.  Ouch, comparing to that 'other person' must feel bitter, right???

Indeed, if we are hit with this kind of anxiety, it could be quite a distraction and worse a nightmare because I can envision our minds would never cease fixating everything else we are NOT doing right.  I CAN'T fathom myself to get compared [like boxing's TALE of the TAPE] to every Tom, Dick and Harry, whew!!!  And I can imagine as well, even if we are doing things right, that EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY can pull us out of everything that's going right, right?  BUT alas, all is NOT lost.  Experts tell us that WORST habit has been proven to be the EASIEST to break because of its mental construct.  Meaning, we DON'T even have to quit OR change our entire routine.  Instead, we simply need to change the channel the minute you feel that urge❎❎❎

Experts tell us that there are NO one-size-fits-all symptoms of EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY, e.g.:

• Feeling lonely
• Feeling guilty or shamed
• Feeling like life is pointless
• Isolating oneself from others
• Questioning one's beliefs or choices
• Experiencing frequent worry or panic
• Having difficulty making own decisions
• Withdrawing from daily/regular activities
• Feeling like life's always going to be difficult

Our takeaway:  Hearing from the experts, this is NO chronic OR critical stuff to be bothered as long as we can gather our gumption and shoot it down with one question instead of following that thought down that rabbit hole of resentment and insecurity.  To be less verbose and for brevity sake, WHAT the experts are advising us is that this seemingly worst mental habit could also be the easiest one to break BUT ONLY IF we want to break that brain loop that makes many people feel like they are stuck [WHEN all they have to do is go and get UNSTUCK.  That EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY!!!