Re: Existential Anxiety
I can identify with this. With the state of the world and what people do to each other, plus the knowledge that the end of your life is a total certainty, it is pretty hard to see a point sometimes.
I like to think of the overwhelmingly enormous odds against my existence, and that THAT is the point. Think of how unlikely and incredible it is that you were even born and that you now exist... what a chance you've been given! what an incredible gift!
Also, not sure if you've ever read any Albert Camus? He was an existentialist but he believed that just because everything is futile, it doesn't mean we have to be miserable! He believed in living a sensual life, enjoying the physical sensations of life for the simplicity of what they are.
Try not to think too much. Do some exercise, feel yourself in your body rather than in your mind.
Gareth
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