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When your biggest fear is being afraid
Anxiety is an interesting beast. Everyone who experiences it has a slightly unique experience, a certain fingerprint that sets them apart. And yet, there are commonalities that bring us anxious people together, that create some level of shared experience. One I learned about recently is something called anxiety sensitivity. This can be boiled down to fear of fear itself. What does anxiety sensitivity look like?…
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We are weaponizing self-care, especially in workplaces
Self-care is a new buzzword, especially in the workplace. And like most buzzwords, it’s popular for reasons that have nothing to do with its original intent. It’s a word like any other word that can be said without action behind it, effectively rendering it useless. First, it’s important to state the cause of employee wellness is a good and honorable one. Since employees spend so…
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Hope is not what we say it is
We need to stop using the word “hope” like it is an antidote for those struggling with their mental health.
Keep reading“What does it feel like to be alive?
Living, you stand under a waterfall.
You leave the sleeping shore deliberately; you shed your dusty clothes, pick your barefoot way over the high, slippery rocks, hold your breath, choose your footing, and step into the waterfall.
The hard water pelts your skull, bangs in bits on your shoulders and arms. The strong water dashes down beside you and you feel it along your calves and thighs rising roughly backup, up to the roiling surface, full of bubbles that slide up your skin or break on you at full speed.
Can you breathe here? Here where the force is the greatest and only the strength of your neck holds the river out of your face.
Yes, you can breathe even here. You could learn to live like this.”
-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
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