I see some folks saying sarcastic stuff about this, which is valid certainly.
For me a grounding statement like this can help remind me that I don't need to be guilty about something stupid I did decades ago. Or help me refocus on the present when I am in an anxiety spiral.
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Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
Thanks I'm cured
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 20 pts · 1y
No, it's not. Anxiety changes the future all the time. It's a powerful weapon in any asshole politician's arsenal of propaganda.
Slotos@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 1y
As is guilt.
saimen@feddit.org · 19 pts · 1y
Of course anxiety can change the future. That's why it exists. It can be a selective advantage. Prey animals are super anxious for a reason.
original_reader@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y
Fully agree.
And guilt - if in appropriate measure - can protect from repeating mistakes. Excessive or misplacedd guilt is another matter, of course.
abcdqfr@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
So crippling anxiety isn't a factor destroying my future after all? Huh!
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
It certainly changed my future to one that involved much more laying in the fetal position on the floor than Iād have otherwise experienced.
v3ritas@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 1y
And yet, my brain still does it š
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
rhadamanth_nemes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I see some folks saying sarcastic stuff about this, which is valid certainly.
For me a grounding statement like this can help remind me that I don't need to be guilty about something stupid I did decades ago. Or help me refocus on the present when I am in an anxiety spiral.
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Yep it works for me too. I get that it's not for everyone though
ashughes@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
Great, so now I feel guilty about my anxiety.
howrar@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Good to know I can safely let my anxiety grow. Thanks OP!