Existential Dread- Maybe Not Choosing Is Still a Choice
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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I didn't set out to write an essay about existential dread and freedom. But after a recent post on social media sparked a wave of unexpected discussion, I realized this was a conversation worth having. It quickly became clear that I wasn't alone in wrestling with the complexities of free will-with the way the very thing we crave, the power to choose our path can sometimes feel like the heaviest burden to bear.
Existential Dread.
This today. Life is pushing me towards a change… something I might have asked for but also maybe only half-consciously.
Or I want it to be exactly the way I want it. I wanted EVERYTHING. To give up nothing but to have everything I wanted.
How can I be so enraptured, so intoxicatingly optimistic about the unknown that stretches before me, yet feel this crippling fear, this suffocating grip, this utter inability to let go of the familiar?
I am captivated by the promise of a future I had hoped for. Yet now that the doors have been thrown open, I am so grief-stricken at the thought of losing the life I built, the ground that once felt solid beneath my feet.
I am so grateful to the universe for the necessary violent push, for the chance to begin again, yet I feel powerless in the face of not knowing HOW it’s going to happen.
I crumble, clinging to the wreckage before surrendering to the flow.
This is the existential dread, the dreadful paradox, isn’t it?
To be both terrified and thrilled by the very same force, to mourn what's left behind while dancing on the precipice of something new.
Change-seeking, growth-loving animals like us are perhaps, all on this tightrope, balancing the comfort of the known with the dizzying allure of the unknown.
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(PS I am aware that Xiao Yao was pronounced wrongly. It should be something more like "Xiao Ya--oou"!)
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"not choosing" and the limbic system freeze state
Indeed. Not suggesting that it is always under our control :( But hopefully with some training in awareness we can at least become more conscious of what is going on.
@@ImiatEggshellTherapyCoaching I had no idea for the longest time, about limbic states and how they influence thought processes, and our ability to make difficult choices. I thought I was somehow morally weak or deficient, when my body was trying to survive. It does feel forced, I do not think many people think very deeply about those choices they feel pressured to make, and why. When we understand what is going on and why it feels the way it does, that understanding can gradually support more autonomous decisions.
Thank you for this one, it was like a honey tea for the soul.
You're so welcome! It means a lot to see a comment like this
I love that you share these. I'm glad you include a link to the article since I prefer to read, but having the video show up in my Subscriptions is how I become aware of the article for now, so thank you. It also provides a place to comment.
I find myself wondering where the intriguing name Pecan Philosophy comes from? I always liked Eggshell Therapy, too, I was drawn to it immediately based on the name.
These articles act as a prompt where I write a long opinion piece into the comment box and then end up clipping it over to my journal instead, to preserve the ozone layer here from the toxic rants of a mad man. Regards.
Hello dear one! Thank you for your comment!!
Thank you
Thank you!
Are limerence and this existential dread deeply connected; mine became so intense while becoming aware of how many loved ones i was losing to sickness and death last few years…i also deeply felt the backdrop of covid and many wars and genocides…😬🥺🙏🏽
Really interesting idea!’ I may explore that indeed
I love this with all my being. Finally someone gets it. @@eggshelltherapy_imilo is this available in a book format please?
Not yet…. But I think you might have just given me an idea? 💡😆
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