A practical guide for dealing with existential dread

The persistent feeling of imminent doom fills stomachs with butterflies and buzzes people’s heads. How do you deal with this?

Alexandre Porto
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How to deal with the feeling of existential dread?

In nature, animals deal with many impulses that arise from the deeper ends of their being. In modern urban scenarios, high energetic environments and lifestyles can bring a general feeling that everything might just fail.

In this article, I bring you practical steps to apply to your daily routine to deal with the dreadful sensation that everything might just be destroyed at any moment and you may lose everything you love.

Persistent feeling of imminent doom

1) Keep calm and do not panic.

2) The first thing is to stop thinking about it in such a negative way. You have to accept that the world will continue its course as usual.

3) Don’t worry about what’s going on outside; you are safe here. You need to keep yourself busy and active.

The feeling of impending doom: This feeling is caused by the fact that we are surrounded by a great number of things that could destroy us at any time. It is also caused…

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Alexandre Porto
ILLUMINATION

Pieces of the integral man. Specialist in the responsible use of psychedelics. https://t.me/perrella