Having a constant productive anxiety doesn't mean that people are miserable and wailing but that people know they will be held accountable if things do not go right.
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We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.
People who are prone to anxiety are nearly always people-pleasers who fear conflict and negative feelings like anger. When you feel upset, you sweep your problems under the rug because you don't want to upset anyone. You do this so quickly and automatically that you're not even aware you're doing it.
At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety.
Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.
I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.
The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.
You're able to do more when you're not clouded with wasted anxiety.
I think it's true that the 1 Percent or the elite are living in a world of, maybe, excessive privilege, and they don't fully realize how much pain and suffering, how much anxiety exists out there.
I'm totally an anxious mess all the time. There's a constant dialogue going on in my brain, and it's just reminding me of all the failures that I have had, and all of the things I need to do, and all of the things I'm not doing good enough.
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