Saturday, April 01, 2017

On Anxiety

Anxiety — that feeling of dread, fear, worry and panic — is certainly nothing new. Hippocrates wrote about it in the fourth century BCE. As did Søren Kierkegaard in the 1860s. And Sigmund Freud addressed the disorder in 1926.

Here is Eckhart Tolle, talking about a lot of issues, including the things that create anxiety.

A large portion of our anxiety is unnecessary. Through deep breathing, good habits, this portion of anxiety can be reduced and the improved health will ensure that the rest of anxiety is carried gracefully with patience....

DEEP BREATHING....THE BEST MEDICINE FOR ANXIETY. WORKS INSTANTLY, IF ONLY WE'D REMEMBER TO DO IT IN MOMENTS OF DEEP ANXIETY...