r/Adulting • • 13h ago

so guys ?

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u/AmbitiousEducation49 10h ago

Recognize that anxiety is an over protective maladaptive evolution. Our brain and thoughts evolved to ultimately lead us to stay alive and anxiety is a way to shield us from doing something potentially dangerous but this can misfire in our modern society. So, recognize the characteristics of that panic, accept it as a natural process, and learn to act beyond that thought process. Meditation is an exercise that can help you tap into existing in a thoughtless state that can then be tapped into during those experiences.

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u/Tricky_Piccolo_3705 2h ago

I agree, but some people genuinely need chemical rebalancing to function in modern society, or a very helpful community that helps them function to their degree