Why You Should Love Your Anxiety
Hello, and congratulations on winning the ultimate lottery. You are one lucky animal. Not feeling excited? Not to worry, that’s probably just because it happened so long ago. The thrill of your arrival into this world is a long-forgotten memory. You’ve likely started to get a bit jaded about the whole thing, and maybe found a few things to complain about along your journey.
“If only I had hair like that. Oh, what I would give to be taller. Why can’t I be more charismatic? My problems would be solved if I just had more energy; more friends; more self-control; more happiness.”
Life has a way of beating us down — crushing us into submission under the weight of social expectations or, in many cases, multiple events of severe emotional trauma. Maybe you’ve turned out a bit sad, and tend towards fear and doubt. You likely have far too many thoughts bouncing around in that big beautiful brain of yours.
If you’re still reading at this point, I’d like to congratulate you again on your boundless good fortune. The circumstances of your youth, as full or devoid of love as it may have been, failed to provide you with the necessary defenses against such tendencies. You’ve therefore been given a most noble mission: to conquer yourself — to adapt to these conditions until they can no longer thrive.
Why is this mission such a treasure?
Every human being has within his or her self a host of errors to correct, and will never be without room for improvement. However, most of these errors are non-urgent, no matter how important. In fact, many are a source of pleasure for the victim. For example, the cynical argumentative type has little motivation to change his ways, since he derives great pleasure from winning arguments and advertising his contempt for this or that.
The most dangerous chronic conditions of the human mind are those that bring with them a sense of pleasure or apathy, and render the victim unaware that he is actually suffering.
Your most urgent conditions bring with them no pleasure, only pain. This pain will remain a constant reminder of your mission. Even with chemical medication and professional guidance, these conditions will not cease to remind you of their existence. Your only course of action is to crush them into nothingness with a force proportionate to that which created them in the first place. In doing so, you will have experienced the power of your mind to change itself, years before others have even discovered there is anything wrong with them. You will carry this skill with you throughout the rest of your life, to great advantage. For this, you should be most grateful.
Repeat these lines to yourself:
My brain has limitless power over its errors. My only course of action is to crush them into nothingness with a force proportionate to that which created them in the first place.
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