The School of Anxiety is The School of Greatness

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    In this video we examine why the school of anxiety is the school of greatness.

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  • @academyofideas
    @academyofideas  4 года назад +114

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    • @louisebegbulem3023
      @louisebegbulem3023 4 года назад +4

      Yo bro. I really appreciate you guys. This could easy be a long comment but just thank you.

    • @daniel_najar
      @daniel_najar 4 года назад +1

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    • @cavl894
      @cavl894 4 года назад +1

      Immigration is the reason people are stressed, repatriate the non whites

    • @RagnarOdinson
      @RagnarOdinson 4 года назад

      Academy of Ideas Excellent video.

    • @lildoveable
      @lildoveable 3 года назад +1

      Right? You’re so right.

  • @Kens_mojo_dojo_casa_house
    @Kens_mojo_dojo_casa_house 4 года назад +3308

    "Believing that we must rid ourselves of anxiety before acting only breeds weakness..." That's important

    • @graftonbailey3307
      @graftonbailey3307 4 года назад +32

      I'm going to pin these words on my board, thank you 👍

    • @adamjeffery764
      @adamjeffery764 4 года назад +66

      @default I do not disagree totally with what you are saying, but Alex is right to an extent. Some things happen to you that you can not control. I was paralyzed by a flu shot and yes I am retraining my mind once again but my subconscious body sees itself as an enemy and consciously telling myself that everything is ok and that is just excitement has actually made this condition worse. It is important to be realistic about things as well. I used to be blindly optimistic but then again I was a perfectly healthy human being that could remember everything that happened to him from the day I was 4, plus an athlete that ran 50 miles a week could squat 650lbs and bench 350lbs. One of the first lessons I had to learn through this was how vain I really was, and it was a lot of these type of thoughts was the starting point for my "vanity". This attitude was great when it fed me on my neverending quest for knowledge and health. I have to be honest it even helped me get back on my feet but there was a point where I had to live in truth and I couldnt imagine everything was OK anymore. I am back on my feet today, still doing everything I can to take everything back but again my anxiety is my body seeing itself as an enemy. When I go against that my body will literally fight back, just something I am aware of and exercise out every day. Thank you for letting me ramble I think this was more healing for myself than anything

    • @sgttomas
      @sgttomas 4 года назад +13

      @@adamjeffery764 . Thank you for sharing that.... I've had a similar experience these last couple years. Humbling.

    • @georgevera9792
      @georgevera9792 4 года назад +11

      Many will subsequently destroy themselves, or at best end up a shell of their former selves.

    • @georgevera9792
      @georgevera9792 4 года назад +24

      @@adamjeffery764 "My anxiety is my body seeing itself as an enemy". These words really spoke to me. As if my fear of failure incarnated itself, and I saw a glimpse of its weakness.

  • @lydiamalone1859
    @lydiamalone1859 3 года назад +442

    "No one is coming to save me.". This realization is when adulting happens. Something parents need to better prepare their kids for. Raise them not as children but future adults.

    • @Darkch4o5
      @Darkch4o5 3 года назад +6

      Yes that is a great idea prepare for the long haul

    • @g-mode5047
      @g-mode5047 3 года назад +14

      Always. My wife tells me, "they're just boys." I always say, "but they're becoming men."

    • @angrybuddha7613
      @angrybuddha7613 3 года назад +14

      within reason. my parents followed this child rearing practice and while i agree it’s important to raise them as future adults, don’t forget to see them as kids. my mum never saw me as a kid, like i think she actually didn’t remember i wasn’t possessing of the same self-awareness in my actions to the degree that she was so was wrongly labeled as insolent, willful and bad. and i’m not boo hoo’ing about it but kids DON’T have the same comprehension skills and self actualization or ability to think like adults (no matter how mature they are.) but i was seen as a little adult and judged as one, capable of the same reflection as one that led to the realization of why she did certain things or punished me for certain things at an age when this just was not possible *due* to that age. i was expected to grasp complex morality and nuance at an age when kids still find burping into their elbow funny. if i didn’t get it (because a child’s brain literally isn’t formed to that degree yet) i was seen as being unteachable and would often be screamed at. it left me with anxiety, lack of confidence in my own abilities, and fear in asking for clarification and or help in life (for fear it’s something i should already understand) that im now working to overcome, so realize that while someday they’re that adult and raise them accordingly, at the time of beginning that education, they’re not yet that future adult but still a child.

    • @lydiamalone1859
      @lydiamalone1859 3 года назад +4

      @@angrybuddha7613 you know it gets very frustrating.... People always assume others cannot use reason and logic. My parents weren't sending us out to earn a living at age 5 or mow the grass for crying out loud. As my mother told me when I had children, their play is their work. Notice how very young children play if you don't stick a screen in front of their face. Their play is usually emulating adults in some form or another. Whether a boy is pretending to be a fireman or a girl is pretending to be a doctor, it's all part of preparing for future adulthood. But thanks for the lecture that made you feel better about yourself.

    • @angrybuddha7613
      @angrybuddha7613 3 года назад +4

      @@lydiamalone1859 i’m not lecturing did you literally not read my comment at all?! i’m laying out for you how my parents did not use logic or common sense in using such a practice while raising ME with future adult ME in mind as a cautionary advisement. they raised child ME as if i was already that adult, capable of the same abilities in critical and complex thinking that children are just not capable of at a certain age due to not having a fully formed brain! also, due to this, i was practically expected to make a living for myself as a minor when it was definitely still my mother’s job to take care of my basic needs, not at 5 but definitely not at 18, it started when i was 14. so there are people out there who do NOT know how to use logic while employing such a child-raising tactic because it enables them to focus so much on the future adult, they forget what they have now is a child. learn to read and think before just making assumptions what a post is about based on the first two paragraphs and writing a reply to that. and wow your parents didn’t expect you to mow the lawn even? wasn’t my story, i grew up on a farm, so mowing the lawn was an easier chore, usually what i did was labor and often free, unless i negotiated to do work to earn allowance money (because adults don’t get things for free, so another part of my growing up was a lack of allowance.) i understand childhood is preparation towards adulthood: even your most basic idiot understands that. i’m not saying the practice itself is bad only that in employing such a practice, adults need to constantly remind themselves that they’re raising future adults but who they have living under their roof is not yet an adult and the only adults in the house are themselves and their partner (if they have one.)

  • @Nick_Portillo
    @Nick_Portillo 4 года назад +1220

    Anxiety has played a major role in my success. If it wasn’t for my introversion, I wouldn’t have learned so much about myself and that ultimately lead me to the path of self actualization

    • @LazyNeutron
      @LazyNeutron 4 года назад +10

      can u please explain what self actualization feels like.

    • @AEO21Productions
      @AEO21Productions 4 года назад +86

      @@LazyNeutron it feels like sucess, not in terms of wealth but in having overcome some of your obstacles; enough to have moved forward in a path that feels truly meant for you, you will know this because it is like flowing on a raft on a river.. you are following a path of progress, and all because you pained through the process of building the raft, that is the hardest part, once you have done the hard work the rest is simply follows. For ex.: it is hard to build the routine of getting up early and exercising to lose weight/ gain better physique.. but after months of getting yourself use to that routine and forcing yourself to adhere to it THEN not only does it become satisfying to do so, you also start seeing results and feeling better and you FEEL good about yourself, in a very satisfying and natural way.. because you've built the raft of routine and skill, learning to exercise your body efficiently/safetly is a skill, being determined and following through consistently develops the skill of perseverance, and you've accomplished with 30 minutes a day one of the most beneficial habits of health and mental growth!!. Exercise is actually a great way to start self actualizing, it can supplement any other ambition. All things become easier when you learn and apply habits of self-growth

    • @oserapis4802
      @oserapis4802 4 года назад +1

      What do you mean by success?

    • @Nick_Portillo
      @Nick_Portillo 4 года назад +6

      TheGamingNeutron challenging yet liberating

    • @Amjadd13
      @Amjadd13 4 года назад +3

      But even after all those benefits, wouldnt you have chosen a life without anxiety if u had the chance?

  • @josephruiz4163
    @josephruiz4163 4 года назад +877

    This channel is honestly life changing.

    • @XxRegeneratedxX
      @XxRegeneratedxX 4 года назад +6

      Forreal tho

    • @rickharrison8541
      @rickharrison8541 4 года назад +4

      Facts

    • @ther6989
      @ther6989 4 года назад +23

      It gives you the tools and frame of mind, but it is only *you* who will change your life. It'd be more accurate to call it: "thought provoking and motivational".

    • @anthonyneubauer4052
      @anthonyneubauer4052 4 года назад

      @@ther6989 lol

    • @americanborn6768
      @americanborn6768 4 года назад

      @@ther6989 or..."chicken vs. egg psychobabble"

  • @arturdutra9967
    @arturdutra9967 4 года назад +300

    "move toward your anxiety" that's one of the most truly and efficient things I've ever heard, I've tested myself and it helped me a lot with my trauma. ok, you won't entirely jump right into a situation that will give you panic attack or something, but try it little by little, if you feel the fear and your stomach swirling and you know it doesn't make any sense, DO IT! tiny steps every day. " it gets easier, you have to do it every day and that's the hard part, but it gets easier"

    • @jackkerouac4587
      @jackkerouac4587 4 года назад +6

      go bojack goo

    • @martinsnathan2039
      @martinsnathan2039 4 года назад +11

      I totally agree, i had generalized anxiety due to ptsd, i sometimes could'nt even go out, i was trap in my house, waiting that my anxiety decrease just enough to let me breath. But one day in understood that i won't never get easier if i didn't match anxiety, and now after several panick attack, i am better, i can say it

    • @ther6989
      @ther6989 4 года назад +3

      Incremental progress is still progress, people. Keep chiselling away

    • @yus6760
      @yus6760 4 года назад

      I’m with you👊🏽

    • @llewodcm20
      @llewodcm20 3 года назад +1

      Yeah then you have a terrible experience that reinforces your anxieties and become even more terrified of doing it again.

  • @FeelingIsHealing
    @FeelingIsHealing 3 года назад +50

    “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t”

    • @T25de
      @T25de 3 года назад +3

      Once you start holding liability for yourself much drama falls away

  • @dubzilla6978
    @dubzilla6978 4 года назад +48

    Anxiety is truly a beast. It either gets bigger or smaller depending how you look at your situation. In my opinion, you should face your demons but bringing a sword and shield doesn’t make you weak or a cheater. Accept help(but don’t make relying on others your main strength), be prepared, and take anxiety on the way you see fit.

  • @michaelobrien5891
    @michaelobrien5891 2 года назад +35

    "Anxiety, then, becomes to him a self serving spirit, that, against it's will, leads him where he wants to go."
    -Soren Kierkegaard

  • @drewfleming1
    @drewfleming1 3 года назад +2537

    “If video games have taught me anything, it’s that if you encounter enemies then you’re going the right way.” - Ali G

    • @zack49
      @zack49 3 года назад +46

      Good analogy

    • @makotheshark3365
      @makotheshark3365 3 года назад +41

      Doesn't make sense in real life

    • @ManlyMenAndSam
      @ManlyMenAndSam 3 года назад +19

      A quasi-Diogenes of our time

    • @Steph-lo9sj
      @Steph-lo9sj 3 года назад +2

      Nice

    • @bagelz3359
      @bagelz3359 3 года назад +58

      @@makotheshark3365 I don't think you listened to the video, no need to project your feelings about games

  • @insiderperson18279
    @insiderperson18279 4 года назад +813

    "When making a decision, do what's more emotionally difficult."

    • @NothingHumanisAlientoMe
      @NothingHumanisAlientoMe 4 года назад +32

      The stoic learns his trade in acts of truth.

    • @Scrattah
      @Scrattah 4 года назад +5

      Phi6er You will get what you need, in turn. Sometimes there is only an illusion of choice, but other times, the weight of the options must actually be considered. This is when this phrase comes into effect.

    • @NightOwlGamingz
      @NightOwlGamingz 4 года назад +45

      insiderperson18279 ahh fuck I’ve just divorced my wife after seeing this and this shit got me fuuuucked up. I loved her bro I hope u right on this one

    • @KaireMl
      @KaireMl 4 года назад +6

      Goggins is that you?

    • @NothingHumanisAlientoMe
      @NothingHumanisAlientoMe 4 года назад +4

      Some men lift boats, some men lift coffee cups.

  • @linmonPIE
    @linmonPIE 4 года назад +50

    I've observed in healthy people that they do have anxiety about things but the difference is they don't become tangled up in it. They somehow built up the confidence to move forward anyway. My mindset is "why bother if it makes you uncomfortable" where as healthy people's is "No, I really want that thing so I'm gonna go through hell and high water to get it".
    I really wish I had a reset button to try again with my life. Probably why I'm so anxious about aging at the moment. I feel like I'm quickly running out of time to change course.
    Fyi this just me thinking "out loud" and I know what I said is obvious.

    • @sexyhotd0g
      @sexyhotd0g 4 года назад +9

      You only stop living when you die, everyday is a new day to make the changes you want.

    • @Jim90117
      @Jim90117 3 года назад +8

      You’ll find when you go through hell and high water, the things that used to make you anxious really don’t anymore because you’ve grown to a new level of competency and self esteem. It’s easy saying that, doing it that’s what takes courage, courage is built when you’re scared but you do it anyway.

  • @crosstolerance
    @crosstolerance 4 года назад +58

    This message was incredibly simple, yet profound. The hardest thing to do in life is be a slave to our anxiety. In other words, we should use anxiety to our advantage and conquer life's little missions. What we do in the comfort of our home bears no importance to a life lived dangerously. What a thought provoking message.

    • @fukngroovnkc3700
      @fukngroovnkc3700 4 года назад +1

      Im not understanding the quote, there are all sorts of people with crazy life styles that live dangerously and have a very important, comfortable home life.... however i just realized a memory of being young.... I definitely remember when it was NO importance at all to be & have a comfy "home life" but to always be "out & wild"...so i maybe thats the concept i almost missed yeah?

    • @crosstolerance
      @crosstolerance 4 года назад

      @@fukngroovnkc3700 Yes, there are times when routine has its place, but to get anything out of life we must continuously challenge ourselves to initiate anxiety that helps motivate us. When we are lazy and comfortable, anxiety does not exist allowing for complacency.

    • @llewodcm20
      @llewodcm20 3 года назад

      It's not like people with anxiety haven't thought about this already... That's kind of what anxiety is... It's paralyzing even if you're aware logically of what's going on.

  • @danielmocanu2848
    @danielmocanu2848 4 года назад +68

    If you are reading this, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your videos speak so much to me and I find myself in them on a really deep level.
    They helped me tremendously in my life, in ways you can't imagine.

  • @osse1n
    @osse1n 4 года назад +167

    I've been thinking about this.
    There has to be some sort of anxious state that holds you accountable in pushing yourself everyday, achieving small wins.
    It doesn't go away, you just become better at channeling it right without becoming destructive.

    • @nika-og4vu
      @nika-og4vu 4 года назад +4

      Wow, the profile pic captures you thinking too

    • @brian782
      @brian782 4 года назад +2

      O'SSÉIN - Master Your Mind With Me who is the author

    •  4 года назад +13

      You hit a nail in the head with this comment! Yes!
      It holds us accountable! That's what makes anxiety such a horror from which we want to escape so desperately. That notion that we are that person responsible of creating so much pain and suffering in our lives. It sounds strange that one would fear of something that is so logical, but the truth is, when this notion is withering in our subconsciousness, when we are unaware of this fact, then it is as scary as hell itself and it slowly but surely drives us mad.

    • @ohlucius4029
      @ohlucius4029 4 года назад

      Nikola Prolić well said!

    • @ohlucius4029
      @ohlucius4029 4 года назад

      Nikola Prolić ‘know thyself’ “the unexamined life is not worth living “

  • @3dstuffin
    @3dstuffin 4 года назад +4

    My god is there any more of this that I can listen to??? Every word of this video is absolutely 100% exactly what I have been dealing with for years. I open up RUclips just to look at some videos and this was the first thing that came up. Wow perfectly said.

  • @Pilgrim06
    @Pilgrim06 3 года назад +10

    “to live dangerously!” Thank you for this concise, motivational advice. Being a Jungian, it has reaffirmed beliefs which I have forgotten. Good to know that I’m at that point again, whereby wisdom is not propelling me forward, and Instinct is to be trusted once again, as in the past, to actualise my potential.

  • @davidshevlin4106
    @davidshevlin4106 4 года назад +4

    I have lived dangerously..sometimes a bit too much..but yet I still get beat by my anxiety most days..it’s a hard daily battle..but I’m a fighter..thank you for this video..and good luck to everyone else with their daily battles 💚

  • @dmtrance
    @dmtrance 4 года назад +3

    Wow, i sometimes say to myself that the world of achievement is nothing but for the ego, but human as we are we crave achievement and success for it helps us grow and gain a sense of control in a chaotic environment. I gained lots of seeds from this video.
    Keep doing what you do, your harvest will be full. Thank you!

  • @qwertyasdf8879
    @qwertyasdf8879 3 года назад +73

    "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" people think this is just a quote, but its the truest thing in life

    • @LOLHAXGUN
      @LOLHAXGUN 3 года назад +8

      it makes you stronger only if you know/can properly recover and learn

    • @williamperry5767
      @williamperry5767 3 года назад +3

      "What doesn't kill you makes you...... stranger" -Joker (Mr.Ledger)

    • @thegrandinquisitor7917
      @thegrandinquisitor7917 3 года назад

      @@williamperry5767 this is more accurate

    • @enrater123
      @enrater123 2 года назад +1

      @@williamperry5767 oh my god you guys are still acting like joker is relatable

    • @williamperry5767
      @williamperry5767 2 года назад +1

      @@enrater123 did you just like your own comment

  • @nicolenicole6325
    @nicolenicole6325 4 года назад +37

    I have my driving exam this Friday, I really needed this.
    Edit: I PASSED!!! Thank you for your kind words!!

    • @AlexPerez-gw8sy
      @AlexPerez-gw8sy 4 года назад +6

      I'm taking my dmv test this Friday. I have been putting it off for almost two years and I've been mocked and embarrassed that I don't have it. But I will no longer will feel ashamed when I pass. I wish the the best for your exam Niky Neko!

    • @peace8096
      @peace8096 4 года назад +5

      Wow. All the best! I have such anxiety in even learning how to drive. It's terrifying.

    • @activecanvas
      @activecanvas 4 года назад

      Driving test was easy af. Never got anxious over that

    • @peace8096
      @peace8096 4 года назад +3

      @@activecanvas well good for you man but some of us have anxiety

    • @activecanvas
      @activecanvas 4 года назад +2

      @@peace8096 nah I'm just kidding lol. I am only 10

  • @ThyReturner
    @ThyReturner 4 года назад +97

    I agree. You can't wait to rid yourself of anxiety, but I tell others often. You don't want to spend your life ignoring it either. Behind the fear is insight. I have done plenty of meditation and reflection that helped me realize what EXACTLY my anxiety was telling me. I remember having a deep anxiety about a woman I was dating... I ignored it. After, that day I started discovering my anxiety has been warning me about Co-Dependency, Self-Invalidation, knowing that there is "No-Self". It's as if the "anxiety" is just my spirit reacting to the physiological instructions written in my DNA to yes accomplish my Destiny, but to not get too entangled in the world in which that destiny arises.

    • @LazyNeutron
      @LazyNeutron 4 года назад +1

      so u guys mean that if i m doing something that i should not be doing anxiety occurs ? (my english is bad )

    • @ThyReturner
      @ThyReturner 4 года назад +1

      @@ubbdaubermensch1528 Great response.

    • @ThyReturner
      @ThyReturner 4 года назад +5

      @@superrmrcool My key insights have been.
      (How to come to insight quickly) Identifying "fixations". Fixations cause resistance. We resist because we wish to keep avoid something undesirable, but it's the fixation on a confused or hidden "desire" that creates the resistance. Letting go of the desire allows one to think outside the box of what's resisted and define a new reality. "Accepting the Unacceptable".
      Ending Co-Dependency
      Ending Self-Invalidation
      Ending "idenitification" with the "thinker" (thoughts) and calling it "Self". There is no SELF.
      Understanding my experiences have not been defining me, but rather I have been defining my experiences and how I do so, will determine what experience is.
      It's not what I'm thinking that deternines what I'm doing, but rather what I'm doing that determines what I'm thinking. Focus on what I'm doing. For behavior is a presentation of thought.
      Remaining present. ("Self-Remembering") Avoiding the out of body experiences, by NOT centering my thoughts on the future or past. Not aware of where's that taking my body from the present moment.
      Remaining centered by keeping the mind and body--ONE. Hence, I remain present. Bringing awareness to my nervous system to be calm and retraining it to focus on new habits.

    • @off6848
      @off6848 4 года назад +2

      ThyReturner if there is no self why desire anything at all besides comfort?? That’s the part I can’t parse intellectually

    • @ThyReturner
      @ThyReturner 4 года назад +1

      @@off6848 No Self, does not mean , "No-Desire". Just means no identification with those desires. It's an impersonal attitude towards experience in general. One functions with a mindset not to take anything personal. Centering things and experience around one's self, especially intoxicating emotions like fear, anger and hatred.

  • @ourochroma
    @ourochroma 4 года назад +594

    Ah yes
    School of Anxiety..
    I'm a graduate myself

    • @putin2918
      @putin2918 4 года назад +18

      I failed even in that school and I failed hard

    • @lennon_richardson
      @lennon_richardson 4 года назад +7

      Congratulation on your graduation! Does that mean you live anxiety-free now? It is a daily struggle for me. The only thing I've found that helps is to take a deep breath and then, as this video suggests, put myself into action. I would love to hear other tips or even elaborations upon this. ✌️

    • @kriskros1003
      @kriskros1003 4 года назад +1

      see you in the reunion in a few years

    • @jophantinal843
      @jophantinal843 4 года назад +3

      @@lennon_richardson I love how you calm yourself firts then put yourself into action. I always try to run towards roar as a speaker visiting our school told us. I sometimes hate myself being pathetic and sees an opportunity but don't take it. I know I would regret myself more if I don't take the action then take it and embarrase myself. I suggest one of the method I use when I face anxiety, I fake I am a confident in the situation and think no more.

    • @salokin2410
      @salokin2410 4 года назад

      I can't tell if I'm wrapping up freshman year, if I failed, or if I'm about to graduate... its so frustrating.

  • @BjorneBos
    @BjorneBos 4 года назад +8

    Anxiety is a double-edged sword. You can let it consume you or you can use it to your advantage. In my personal experience my anxiety has prevented or delayed me from taking steps to self actualization, however it has also worked as an internal motivator for self actualization. I’d say most of my academic sucesses are a product of my anxiety because I am usually able to channel the self-doubt into discipline and a very strong workethic.

  • @chloescat
    @chloescat Год назад +2

    I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS. I KNEW MOVING ON WAS WHAT I NEEDED.
    TO ANYONE WHO SCROLLS PAST THIS MESSAGE: YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. DO IT.

  • @truefreedom5482
    @truefreedom5482 4 года назад +100

    when fear occurs.. i ask myself.. "wtf does it matter in 100yrs from now!?".. and time.. it goes so fast...
    prbbly the best video yet!👍😊

  • @66kahler
    @66kahler 3 года назад +3

    This really hits home to me. My path to becoming a naval aviator from growing up in a chaotic household was insane. Your body and mind can push through a lot, never give up and never think you can’t do something.

  • @alexthekid1759
    @alexthekid1759 4 года назад +3

    Everyone can talk the talk, but few can ever walk the walk. I think we all have our own story and our own dreams. It’s the action that we take that allows our dreams to become a reality.

  • @davidmonroy2509
    @davidmonroy2509 4 года назад +898

    The path to heaven is through hell.

    • @Betterdangaming
      @Betterdangaming 4 года назад +8

      Heaven is in the sky, and Hell is in ground. That only means our earth is beneath both, a place at the worst of the state

    • @snubdawg1386
      @snubdawg1386 4 года назад +2

      @Gotta Go Fast! that's how it should be, it gets complicated if it's completely the other way around

    • @cecee3480
      @cecee3480 4 года назад +6

      Some of us are in continuous hell...

    • @TheBIGKill123
      @TheBIGKill123 4 года назад

      @@cecee3480 Yeah, just like Estelle, Garcin and Ines.

    • @Rhodiac
      @Rhodiac 4 года назад

      @@Betterdangaming Earth is always moving where as Heaven and Hell are set.

  • @zfour814
    @zfour814 3 года назад +3

    Been experience high anxiety for a long time. I often told myself i didn't actually want a better life and kind of internalized it. For you to present that quote to me has helped me realize even more that i do want a better life and i won't succumb

  • @margarethoff1992
    @margarethoff1992 4 года назад +19

    "How does one achieve greatness? A deadline" Lenard Bernstein

  • @anhuynh6477
    @anhuynh6477 4 года назад +6

    I have always lived in anxiety. I'm pretty young and don't reach my twenties yet but I'm always insecure and lack of being confident with what I have and my potential. Anxiety sometimes doesn't let me breathe to make me got stuck in uncertainty and unpredictability. I'm living with many types and shapes of fear, etc. However, after watching the video 'The School of Anxiety is The School of Greatness', I better look at the word 'anxiety' at another angle. I realize that the only reason I fear anxiety is that I've worried to lose all my security, my comfort, and even my life. But living in comfort is also a safe way to avoid anxiety temporarily but I would be died slowly without taking any actions or risks. If we want to have a better future and greater fulfillment, we must take risks, become self-reliant and respond with whatever life throws at us with a problem-solving mindset. Thank you for giving me more hopes in this video and encouraging me to take bold actions to me reach the next chapters of my life in the future.

  • @FeelingIsHealing
    @FeelingIsHealing 3 года назад +7

    Some have said follow your bliss, others have said follow your passion, Kierkegaard would say “follow your anxiety”
    Amazing 🔥

  • @funma2353
    @funma2353 4 года назад +85

    You are, hands down, one of the best and most important channels on RUclips. Thank you.

  • @topperullu9884
    @topperullu9884 4 года назад +3

    After my break up two years back. My life is in a stagnant phase. I am trying hard but still can't achieve the lost momentum. Your videos are great and they help me understand the human self. Thanks for you creation.

  • @chris432t6
    @chris432t6 3 года назад +1

    Procrastination is one of my biggest hangups and this video has, in a small way, helped me in dealing with this.
    THANK YOU!

  • @LawrenceCarroll1234
    @LawrenceCarroll1234 4 года назад +3

    This is great stuff. I like the way the various philosophers and psychologists (from what might be said are from disparate perspectives, backgrounds, and schools) are all cited, and how it all nonetheless harmonizes beautifully.
    There was a pop-psychology era back in the late seventies and into the eighties that summed up the situation that this episode deals with - which is the problem of fear/hesitation/stagnation. It’s main admonition was “Get out of your head!” In other words, stop dreaming and worrying and just carry on (you silly goose!😄).
    So true! 👍🏼😻

  • @ZsFirstChannel
    @ZsFirstChannel 4 года назад +1

    I have anxiety at my heals little a baby pup always bumping into me to stay close. I can appreciate this in so many ways. Thank you for the video and more importantly( to me) for not interrupting the flow of it with a commercial for sponsors.

  • @jhunt5578
    @jhunt5578 4 года назад +39

    Truly incredible work 👏
    "Self-expression is equivalent to life expression and a life that isn't expressed, isn't being lived. That leads to a slow death." - Alexander Lowen

    • @doktormcnasty
      @doktormcnasty 4 года назад

      Just being alive leads to a slow death, regardless of if you're expressing or not.

  • @morningnapalm9963
    @morningnapalm9963 4 года назад +1

    I cannot allow myself to feel anxious. Yet I have and do. Still my pride demands it be completely obliterated. To know only confidence and sureness. To never retreat, never back down, and move forward with might and absoluteness of will.

  • @echobuggs5020
    @echobuggs5020 2 года назад +2

    I haven’t been letting myself live for years by being controlled by my anxiety and laziness and I’ve always been aware of it. I just knew that changing would be hard so I let myself believe I was broken and mediocre even though I never let myself have the chance of failure or success out of fear.

  • @marcusclarkson2657
    @marcusclarkson2657 Год назад

    This is one of the most important works I have seen in this life for my actual personal present. Every single clear and carefully selected word with uncanny precision. Soul touching.

  • @mrgreen...9643
    @mrgreen...9643 4 года назад +9

    People always say how these videos are always spot on with what i'm goin threw with life right now luckily for me this one this is 2 weeks behind my lived experience its still nice to hear it explained, good times

  • @B.Pilgrim
    @B.Pilgrim 4 года назад +16

    “If he who is organized by the divine for spiritual communion, refuse and bury his talent in the earth, even though he should want natural bread, shame and confusion of face will pursue him throughout life to eternity.”--William Blake

  • @meenali6682
    @meenali6682 Месяц назад

    Oh my god ive been running away from my anxiety so much so long
    It made me so sad .
    Thanks for this perspective
    Literally tears in my eyes.
    God bless yall❤❤❤❤

  • @Combat-Mindset
    @Combat-Mindset 4 года назад +24

    I recommened everyone to watch David Goggins. He had the craziest Transformation ive ever seen in my entire life, he changed my life and many other peoples lifes. There is simply no shortcut through social anxiety/phobia/isolation or any other mental health issues. I suggest start with his Interview on impact theory. The ultimate testimony

    • @thepondering63
      @thepondering63 4 года назад

      yeah but it's not simple at all is it?

    • @davisdavis1347
      @davisdavis1347 4 года назад +1

      @@thepondering63 Simple, yet hard.

    • @thepondering63
      @thepondering63 4 года назад

      @@davisdavis1347 not hard Davis...complex

    • @chef9980
      @chef9980 4 года назад +1

      The Pondering it can become complex if that’s what you want to make it

    • @MrPelham32
      @MrPelham32 4 года назад

      Him Wes Watson and Jocko Willink

  • @freedomfreedom6544
    @freedomfreedom6544 3 года назад +2

    I don’t usually cheer out load when I watch this channel, but I had to for this one. Once again, superb!

  • @Geekus
    @Geekus 4 года назад +13

    Healthy self-growth wisdom via philosophy; this is why I love this channel.

  • @silverbro13
    @silverbro13 3 года назад +1

    For those who might misunderstand; not wanting to live a grandiose life and being content with how you are is fine, pushing your own boundaries is not a requirement, nor is it something everybody is cut out for. As humans we have an immense concept of intellectual diversity, and ambitious diversity.

  • @TheDrSuperGenius
    @TheDrSuperGenius 4 года назад +8

    Philosophy changed my life forever for the better. Thank you.

  • @tpstrat14
    @tpstrat14 4 года назад

    I’ve been training to become a better basketball player. Two times in the last week I have experienced significant physical pain. One time my funny bone was hit so hard that I thought I had nerve damage. I made the shot driving hard in the paint regardless. The other time I got my nose hit. I went on to score 3 straight points for my team while wondering if my nose was a bit broken. I’ve never had this realization until now. The realization that pain is weakness leaving the body. Of course you try to avoid pain, but don’t be a coward. When pain inevitably comes, you move forward. I know this now. Through basketball. RIP Kobe

  • @LurkingCrassZero
    @LurkingCrassZero 4 года назад +34

    Self realization is a realization that there is no self, only a character you have been playing. The one that wants self realization is the character, it can never realize it's true nature because your true nature is the complete absence of this false character. So it clings on to the bitter end.

    • @patrickt.6492
      @patrickt.6492 4 года назад +1

      Very Zen.

    • @off6848
      @off6848 4 года назад +1

      Don’t you have a self though surely
      Do you not have the nose YOU were born with. And did that nose not in turn shape how others viewed you which in turn shaped YOUR character

    • @LurkingCrassZero
      @LurkingCrassZero 4 года назад +1

      ​@@off6848 It's true your character is shaped by events, it's restrictions and talents, but it is just a lens through which singularity, experiences other than itself. The world is duality, but it is borne from singularity. If there is somethingness, ie, the world and everything in it, including what you feel is yourself, then there must be nothingness. There is no time, no matter, no-thing. There is only awareness. Awareness is the singularity, our true nature, but we obfuscate it with this individual, the character, the me. It's a fantasy character in a waking dream, no more real than the character that feels just as real when you sleep. There is only one thing going on, and it's you. If you're genuinely interested, then this video will give you way more insight than my feeble attempts ;-) ruclips.net/video/9Njhgz5Hspw/видео.html

  • @binboda
    @binboda 4 года назад +2

    You hit the nail in the head with this one. This essay spoke so directly to me. Also in a few days I’m going to lose access to RUclips so it’s incredibly lucky for me that you posted it now and at a time when I most need it.

  • @stoiccarpe
    @stoiccarpe 4 года назад +21

    What I believe is that if we are content we won't grow in any space be it material or intellect sphere, moulding, moving and experience , experimentation leads to better and upworthy life. 🤔🤔

    • @kubasniak
      @kubasniak 4 года назад +4

      Yes. I come from very poor family growing up so I couldn't experience much. Now I saved a lot of money and still hold into my past and don't experience as much. I have to push myself constantly to try new things and activities and meeting new people without getting attached. It's fucked up what child neglection does to people.

  • @JustusWilcox
    @JustusWilcox 4 года назад +25

    I’m speechless...for the past month I’ve sacrificed the good and bad of my shadow for numbness. I was just tired of the crash after a hopeful jump. But to be honest I’ve stopped giving it 100%. Like trying a sloppy backflip and landing on your head. Anyway good vid.

  • @lildoveable
    @lildoveable 3 года назад +2

    I wish I had really understood this earlier. I’ve read the books and studied these dudes but the penny never really dropped until this moment. I’m embracing the anxiety and using it as fuel for action. Wow. I feel way better

  • @04dram04
    @04dram04 3 года назад +1

    What i learned from anxiety, is that its just the other end of the same emotion as excitement. One can use mental transmutation to transform it into such

  • @allenquartermane6134
    @allenquartermane6134 4 года назад +6

    For myself, anxiety has been more of a tool to explore for answers and invent ways to manage situations I'm in.

  • @apollion888
    @apollion888 4 года назад +2

    You guys are telling it like it is, no holds barred. I love it

  • @samuobanji2784
    @samuobanji2784 4 года назад +23

    That fact that this video wasn’t pushed to over 10:00 mins made my day.

    • @lennon_richardson
      @lennon_richardson 4 года назад +1

      10 mins is a psychological barrier. The *perceived* difference between a video that is 9:41 and a video that is 10:01 is greater than 20 seconds. It might sound silly but any interesting looking video under 10 mins is kind of a no brainer, but when a video crosses the 10 min mark we are more likely to wonder if it's worth the investment of our time. Looking at the quality and length of his other videos though, I don't think he considers this. He just says what he needs to say in the time it takes him to say it.

    • @llewodcm20
      @llewodcm20 3 года назад +2

      @@lennon_richardson he's talking about ad revenue, you dingus.

  • @eliseb4896
    @eliseb4896 4 года назад +1

    Possibly your best video yet. Eternally grateful for you doing what you do, thank you so much.

  • @istp1967
    @istp1967 4 года назад +7

    "Those who would trade liberty for a little security, deserves neither . . ." -- Benjamin Franklin. Now I realize that Franklin was talking politically; but the basic principle still applies, inasmuch as passive and self-sparing habits will lead to self-defeat. Consider, "Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt", or "Generativity vs Dispair" from Karl Erikson's 'Eight Stages Of Man'.

  • @dannyclub09
    @dannyclub09 4 года назад +1

    This might be my favourite channel. Every single video resonates with me in such a profound way.

  • @josephchibike1588
    @josephchibike1588 4 года назад +9

    That's it. I'm gonna start my novel!

  • @SKY-wt2pp
    @SKY-wt2pp 3 года назад

    This is a complex (no pun intended) personal journey.
    For me it's been both taxing and literally life threatening (as I have had suicidal ideation since the age of 5).
    Due to my up bringing my anxiety has only been reinforced.
    Despite this I was able to eventually rise through the ranks within an organisation and work as a leader for over 7 years.
    Towards the end of my tenure I was experiencing severe panic attacks, anxiety and depression every single shift. I could not maintain living that way. There was a final catalyst which made me relinquish my role....this was a very difficult decision for me to make. I really had no choice in the end.
    It's been a little over a year since I transferred away from that establishment. I've had to rebuild my life and foundations. Through reflecting on my experiences I am slowly coming to see how I am my own main obstacle.
    I truly believe you can not, will not change people simply because you think they should. If you find yourself in a position of management.......start by managing yourself first.
    For me it's still a life of fear, but there is a break in the storm at the moment.
    Best of luck to all who read this.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 года назад +21

    This opened up my perspective

    • @michalgalik9955
      @michalgalik9955 4 года назад +2

      Just Some Guy without a Mustache how is it that I see you everywhere ?

    • @saadmanalam7283
      @saadmanalam7283 4 года назад +6

      You truly are a man of culture.

    • @leadbellymidnightangel
      @leadbellymidnightangel 4 года назад +1

      @@michalgalik9955 i see him everytime and check everytime if the "S stands for" video is still there lmao

    • @daviddave5092
      @daviddave5092 4 года назад +1

      You're here too?!

  • @ElNegringoKreyolito
    @ElNegringoKreyolito 4 года назад +2

    If you don't ignore your anxiety, it won't build into an unslayable beast. Listen to it, dance with it as soon as it arrives. It guides you to your destiny...

    • @xCaliSwagg559x
      @xCaliSwagg559x 4 года назад +1

      RG Fleuridor 💯💯 real talk man I use my anxiety to my advantage it can be a gift or a curse for some people

  • @leeboss373
    @leeboss373 4 года назад +3

    Just one thing, my dog tries and often does preempt what I am going to do. So it's clear that animals too can visualise the future☺️

  • @onlypearls4651
    @onlypearls4651 Год назад

    "Anxiety" is the best muse I've ever encountered for use in creative writing.

  • @ThyReturner
    @ThyReturner 4 года назад

    Living wildly doesn't seem to be the answer. Behind my anxiety is blind passion. Which in strength can bring me to my destiny, but in error hinder me by coming into endless conflict with others I project my shadow onto. There must be a balance and what Carl Jung describes as an individuation process. Everyone with anxiety knows what this "balance" feels like. When you seem to not be on edge. The "stars" feel more "align". I maintain it through listening and meditation. New insight brings me courage and strength. New balance and calm.

  • @setphaze
    @setphaze 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for all your hard work a true escape from herd mentality.

  • @aguila36
    @aguila36 4 года назад

    All you have done here is good, but this is among the best, and is the holiest of medicines. Thank you - and please do not stop. This is needed, and you have a hundred years of work ahead you that is to be done. Thank you.

  • @jwardbass4452
    @jwardbass4452 4 года назад +10

    you’ve released at least 8 videos at the perfect time in my life since i’ve found the channel

  • @confiance1492
    @confiance1492 4 года назад +1

    I shed tears watching this. Im a artist and i do now that i need to express myself or else im slowly dying. Im confused, i make excuses and then im depressed. But when i express mysef the people call me weird delusional, sociopathic and that this is not the answer towards life. Im surrounded by people who manipulate, and i cant be me

    • @doktormcnasty
      @doktormcnasty 4 года назад

      Don't worry, statistics show that 100% of artists who don't express themselves? Yeah, those ones? They still die. So you end up the same way either way. All this creativity and express yourself stuff is overblown nonsense. You're dead no matter what. It's just a matter of how long it takes, or doesn't really.

    • @confiance1492
      @confiance1492 4 года назад

      Doktor McNasty lmao. I get you and in the same time i know you dont get me. To die while still being alive. That means that your potential is dying your spirit and your hunger for life and interactions.

  • @JoaoPedro-ky6qg
    @JoaoPedro-ky6qg 4 года назад +12

    best channel on youtube

  • @giovannipallares5877
    @giovannipallares5877 4 года назад

    I saw this ted Talk and really helped, it said some along this lines: be authentic, surrender to the outcome (of being authentic ) and do the uncomfortable work. That last point is really helping managing anxiety. There's hope. It could become a tool. Never give up, trust me, only if it's one baby step at a time, that's progress already.

  • @SimplyBergman
    @SimplyBergman 4 года назад +1

    Your channel gave me hope and strength in an extremely dark period of my life. Thank you

  • @edwina.364
    @edwina.364 4 года назад +16

    Wow, I was JUST thinking about this yesterday.

  • @ccmetalhead
    @ccmetalhead 3 года назад

    Man I was so anxious about traveling for work. It was really gripping me to the core. On top of this, staying wasn’t such a great idea either because work where I live is slow.
    I’m so happy that I, with support from friends and family, went. What ended up happening is my anxiety didn’t go away, but I got better. I learned to explore, I found I had so much free time to hike and to go to the gym and meet people at local support groups. I’m telling you it was a spiritual trip to say the least. Now, I’m financially secure and can say that I went. Thanks anxiety 🙂

  • @joelstephenson8017
    @joelstephenson8017 2 года назад

    So, what I need to do is to put myself out there in a directionless manner, in order for me to discover myself? At the moment I feel powerless to fulfill what I want to creatively. I don't know what I should do, and I often find myself hating my job. I'm trying to be reconciled with it as I need the funds saved in order to pursue certain goals, but it has made it challenging for me to focus on my creativity. And without creativity I feel like I'm dying. I want to go wherever I want, not where a company who could care less about my existence wants me to go. I want to do what I want.
    Maybe it's just today, but it often comes up in my mind. Maybe I need the discipline from this job, and I need to be more determined to be creative with my spare time. Maybe I can use some of my spare time to do something spontaneous.

  • @John-mz8rj
    @John-mz8rj 3 года назад +1

    Think it's the other way round, when anxiety explodes (gone) it can be very liberating.

  • @zeb358
    @zeb358 4 года назад +6

    "Melancholy and boredom,which men localize in things as if there were melancholic or boring things, are the same terror of the infinite, when the weave of illusion is in some manner interrupted, so that man senses the pain of nonbeing and feels lost, impotently wanting in the sway of the unknown" (Carlo Michelstaedter: 1910)

  • @zombiekippen
    @zombiekippen 2 года назад

    Just donated, I already saw 10 of your videos and really impressed. Thank you for your amazing efforts and content

  • @adamcostilla1692
    @adamcostilla1692 4 года назад +2

    It would be great to have some follow up vids on other aspects of our persona that is often repressed.
    Thank you for your labor in putting these vids together.

  • @soulintent4129
    @soulintent4129 3 года назад

    This video is one of the most beautiful, encouraging videos i ve seen so far, im rlly thankful for these insights, they are so impactful in an amazing way

  • @vaishalivaidya7978
    @vaishalivaidya7978 4 года назад

    This is one of the best channels for constantly reminding us that we are multidimensional beings...not linear ones.

  • @jacklangley861
    @jacklangley861 3 года назад +1

    This is a powerful message and a philosophy to be considered among many.

  • @bumblingstumbling9079
    @bumblingstumbling9079 3 года назад

    The fact that I stumbled upon this when I’m anxious about whether to resign from a stable job that makes me unhappy..........this is probably another sign from the universe that I should proceed.
    I’ve been in denial for a while now and have consulted to a lot of people, that I should quit. But I am terrified about what my coworkers might think of me, and what my parents might think of me, and hell, whether I’d find a job or not.
    I felt content earlier this week bcs now I know, I should quit despite my anxiety about the future or what people might say about me. It’s just what it is

  • @lazarusx5763
    @lazarusx5763 4 года назад +40

    Do the work then step back...

    • @lennon_richardson
      @lennon_richardson 4 года назад +4

      Be in the flow (in Csikszentmihalyi's sense of the word) and then be present! I once gave a speech about this and I called it the Do/Be dance.

  • @insertname485
    @insertname485 4 года назад

    The issue I have is distinguishing between cowardice, courage and recklessness. Since there is a fine line between those three aspects sometimes.

  • @aaronruiz816
    @aaronruiz816 4 года назад +1

    Actually one of my favorite videos on all of RUclips. Thank you so much for this ❤️

  • @lawrence4361
    @lawrence4361 3 года назад

    Most people value security over freedom. The current situation has made that abundantly clear.

  • @jimmyriddle3899
    @jimmyriddle3899 4 года назад

    Sources of constructive and nourishing content nowadays is a seldom good. This channel seems to be one of them.

  • @canth8u
    @canth8u 4 года назад

    I work long hours and moved back home because I felt renting my own place was a waste of money. Now that I’ve been living here I feel miserable and stuck that I’m not moving forward. Scared that moving back out would only be a waste of money and that wouldn’t be able to enjoy my apartment, but the truth is I enjoy my privacy , my space and my options of doing what I want when I want in my own space . Anxiety is a killer of dreams . The chain and weight that slows you down from moving forward .

    • @flixbue6565
      @flixbue6565 4 года назад +1

      giving up your apartment was a step forward, moving back to your parents' house to realise your need for privacy/freedom was another step forward. the growing anxiety will prevent you from being stuck endlessly and motivate you to find modes of living that suit you best

    • @canth8u
      @canth8u 4 года назад

      Flix Bue ❤️ thank you! Yes the anxiety has definitely kept me going and looking for bettter options . Moving back home has fixed a lot of communication issues I’ve had with my parents and we are much better now . I can’t wait to see what the future holds!

  • @danieledemedici3217
    @danieledemedici3217 4 года назад +7

    Crazy thing about life is: The less you want to suffer the more you are going to suffer.

  • @leoisforevercool
    @leoisforevercool 4 года назад

    “Under the sword lifted high, There is hell making you tremble. But go ahead, And you have the land of bliss.”
    ― Miyamoto Musashi
    I was agoraphobic for almost a full year after shrinking and shrinking myself further and further..
    Now I want the anxiety, I want it to come out so I can just watch it. Ask it what it's going to do.
    Accepting, when the feeling comes, that it's okay to be afraid, and to let the feeling in and pass.

  • @johnnyparker9928
    @johnnyparker9928 3 года назад

    Fear keeps us quiet, survival makes us scream. Anger pushes us forward, soon after many repetitions we gain courage.

  • @lotsofinterests
    @lotsofinterests 4 года назад +7

    the timing of this video is scary because it appeared right when im going through a major crisis of whether to drop out of medical school and apply to another university, starting from zero all over again... is this some weird cosmic power (even though i don't believe in such things) telling me to do it?

    • @judas611
      @judas611 4 года назад +1

      If you believe it is, YES
      If you believe it is not, NO
      If you simply tell yourself I don't know, MAYBE

    • @off6848
      @off6848 4 года назад +1

      Judas let me help them it is NOT

    • @thekaisernick
      @thekaisernick 4 года назад

      Nothing is accident lol

  • @lexdelaney2805
    @lexdelaney2805 4 года назад

    It's also important to understand the balance of ego with the reality of life. You will die. To strive all your life, accomplish much, and die unsatisfied can be seen as a waste. Insatiable thirst is a mechanism of success, but also one of unfulfillment. Understanding why your goals hold meaning is as important as obtaining them. I've met so many people in my travels who've found success only to be left wanting, usually ending in regression into a simpler life, a happier one. Material gain may not be the opiate you're searching for, know yourself.

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 4 года назад

    The school of anxiety is not a masochistic indulgence in anxiety, but simply learning to live with it and accept it as pat of who you are, not something that has to be purged from existence. You feel anxiety for a reason. It;s not to keep you safe -- you have other unconscious process for that -- but to teach you something.
    The only point of error in the way these ideas are often presented is that it suggests that this is about strengthening the ego; that by "facing" anxiety you will somehow become tough enough conquer it. This very notion ignores the fact that you *are* your anxiety and can no better outrun it than your own feet.
    It's really about integrating the ego. Surrendering it.
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