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How To Fight Your Negative Thoughts And Anxiety
The inevitable conditioning of modern lifestyle makes sure that we are not even aware of something as omnipresent as the humming of an air conditioner — background noise of low intensity — until it stops.
We have somehow learned to live with a certain level of constant discontent, unease, and fear of uncertainty.
As a consequence, all forms of fear — anxiety, tension, stress, worry — has become the socially acceptable form of mental illness.
It has succeeded in desensitizing us to such an extent that we never gather the courage to find out the real reasons behind that constant fear and unease.
There is an unconscious attempt on our part to address this background of Constant anxiety through use and abuse of various stimulants like — alcohol, drugs, mobile, work, food, television, travel, compulsive shopping.
Let’s have a look at this incident :
You are in a supermarket with your four year old. You notice an unbelievable bargain on the latest home theater system that was on…