Anti Natalism | Happyish - Life is a disorder @antinatalism1 | Uploaded June 2015 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
“Maybe depression isn’t a disorder, maybe life’s a disorder".
Anyone who has any kind of self-awareness and isn’t swallowing what the world is selling, whole.
ight/flight was designed to be used in times of danger, not throughout the day. But the body can't tell the difference between real and fabricated fears, between the stress of a bad phone call, a traffic jam and an elephant charging -- it will react to all with the same highly-geared stress response evolved by early man. Our stress response is inextricably tied up with our survival system, which is triggered into action through fear. Fear is what signals the fight/flight/freeze survival defenses to engage. It is one of evolution's most adaptive emotions. Without it we might head straight into the middle of traffic or pet a mother lioness. We need our fear -- it's nature's way of shouting at us to keep away from danger. But flipping the stress switch into the "on" position too often can devolve into anxiety, depression, adrenal burnout and compromised immunity. We start to process stress too acutely and have trouble finding balance. This is hard on our body, mind and relationships, to say nothing of our general peace of mind. If we can't flee or fight, those biological urges can get stuck in our body as thwarted intentions or actions never taken. It is these urges to flee or fight, these actions never taken that get triggered repeatedly throughout our lives (or our day) when our old unresolved fear and hurt from past situations and relationships gets triggered by relationships in the present. They emerge as over reactions; transference reactions, projections or they drive reenactment patterns.The chronic worry that accompanies GAD is impossible for the sufferer to control. The irony is that these worries and fears are not completely unrealistic. There is always the possibility in life that something terrible might, indeed, happen.
“Maybe depression isn’t a disorder, maybe life’s a disorder".
Anyone who has any kind of self-awareness and isn’t swallowing what the world is selling, whole.
ight/flight was designed to be used in times of danger, not throughout the day. But the body can't tell the difference between real and fabricated fears, between the stress of a bad phone call, a traffic jam and an elephant charging -- it will react to all with the same highly-geared stress response evolved by early man. Our stress response is inextricably tied up with our survival system, which is triggered into action through fear. Fear is what signals the fight/flight/freeze survival defenses to engage. It is one of evolution's most adaptive emotions. Without it we might head straight into the middle of traffic or pet a mother lioness. We need our fear -- it's nature's way of shouting at us to keep away from danger. But flipping the stress switch into the "on" position too often can devolve into anxiety, depression, adrenal burnout and compromised immunity. We start to process stress too acutely and have trouble finding balance. This is hard on our body, mind and relationships, to say nothing of our general peace of mind. If we can't flee or fight, those biological urges can get stuck in our body as thwarted intentions or actions never taken. It is these urges to flee or fight, these actions never taken that get triggered repeatedly throughout our lives (or our day) when our old unresolved fear and hurt from past situations and relationships gets triggered by relationships in the present. They emerge as over reactions; transference reactions, projections or they drive reenactment patterns.The chronic worry that accompanies GAD is impossible for the sufferer to control. The irony is that these worries and fears are not completely unrealistic. There is always the possibility in life that something terrible might, indeed, happen.
