The School of Anxiety is The School of Greatness
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Yo bro. I really appreciate you guys. This could easy be a long comment but just thank you.
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Immigration is the reason people are stressed, repatriate the non whites
Academy of Ideas Excellent video.
Right? You’re so right.
“If video games have taught me anything, it’s that if you encounter enemies then you’re going the right way.” - Ali G
Good analogy
Doesn't make sense in real life
A quasi-Diogenes of our time
Nice
@@makotheshark3365 I don't think you listened to the video, no need to project your feelings about games
"Believing that we must rid ourselves of anxiety before acting only breeds weakness..." That's important
I'm going to pin these words on my board, thank you 👍
@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
@@adamjeffery764 . Thank you for sharing that.... I've had a similar experience these last couple years. Humbling.
Many will subsequently destroy themselves, or at best end up a shell of their former selves.
@@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.
"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.
Yes that is a great idea prepare for the long haul
Always. My wife tells me, "they're just boys." I always say, "but they're becoming men."
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.
@@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.
@@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.)
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
can u please explain what self actualization feels like.
@@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
What do you mean by success?
TheGamingNeutron challenging yet liberating
But even after all those benefits, wouldnt you have chosen a life without anxiety if u had the chance?
“... if only I suffer enough, somehow a miracle will happen, but this is the kind of self-deception one pays for with one’s life as it drain away into the abyss of unredeemable possibilities and irretrievable days, months, decades.”
HOLY SHIT. This hit me hard.
I hope it hit you hard enough and out of your comfort zone. Stay strong my friend.
I thought I was psychotic for going through this very reasoning in college. No one ever talks about this stuff, you're just expected to be fine since you're adult age but they never tell you really what goes on. Just my exp. Worst time of my life was realizing you have complete free will. Nobody will save you as an adult, it's by definition of reality.
The premise that enough sufferin will turn into succes is false but not completely. When facing a dillema (move or suffer), one will move after enough suffering.
"When making a decision, do what's more emotionally difficult."
The stoic learns his trade in acts of truth.
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.
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
Goggins is that you?
Some men lift boats, some men lift coffee cups.
“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”
Once you start holding liability for yourself much drama falls away
This channel is honestly life changing.
Forreal tho
Facts
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".
@@ther6989 lol
@@ther6989 or..."chicken vs. egg psychobabble"
"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"
go bojack goo
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
Incremental progress is still progress, people. Keep chiselling away
I’m with you👊🏽
Yeah then you have a terrible experience that reinforces your anxieties and become even more terrified of doing it again.
Okay this is scary. Ive been stuck in this hell of stagnation, inaction and anxiety since so many months and I just opened UA-cam to search for something- anything that could give me answers or help give clarity and this video was on top of my recommended vids.
You guys are changing lives through these videos. I don’t know whether it’s just a crazy coincidence, God, the collective unconscious, or the sentient youtube algorithm that weirdly wants the best for me which brought me here but something did and I’m thankful for it.
Please never stop making these
Mehran, Congratulations on finding the best UA-cam channel. Wishing you all the best.
Amen
Synchronicity, same here...
Same Jamero, its almost as if the pervailing narratives of our society do nothing to the elevation of the higher self.
@Hales of Bay will i fall off the tracks
"Anxiety, then, becomes to him a self serving spirit, that, against it's will, leads him where he wants to go."
-Soren Kierkegaard
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.
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.
You only stop living when you die, everyday is a new day to make the changes you want.
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.
"For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!"
Nietzsche being Nietzsche
Άκουσα το όνομα μου?
And the most dangerous plaything is? :3
Ah yes
School of Anxiety..
I'm a graduate myself
I failed even in that school and I failed hard
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. ✌️
see you in the reunion in a few years
@@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.
I can't tell if I'm wrapping up freshman year, if I failed, or if I'm about to graduate... its so frustrating.
Doing a great service to humanity spreading next level intelligence in the form of classical thought. 🙌📖🤔 Philosophy shall not die in the next era. Doing your part in preserving such, Cheers! great thinkers unite
Oh Lucius r
Who is the author
Brian Androw I am the author of this comment. I suggest you read book by Goddard Neville.
Oh Lucius I would like to know who wrote the content for the video
@@brian782 People who own the channel, whoever they are. I believe there are several creators, one of them being a reader, who's voice we constantly hear in their videos.
Nikola Prolić ok that is helpful thanks
I have trouble with attending classes in campus because of the fear of not being able to keep up with the social scene and I am missing assignments and class attendance because of it. I am barely sleeping and even my free time is filled with guilt and shame. I have to avoid alcohol and drugs because I know that it's going to be a crutch and I am determined to get my anxiety under control. God is with me.
allan freeman been there man. Seriously exactly that. I wish you the best of luck and once you get a routine under your belt and find some passions things will improve.
The social scene is not a necessary one in most fields. You can ignore it and focus on the studies, embrace the role of the person making perfect scores, whom no one truly knows personally. In the US, the social scene is emphasised, but it's not at all necessary or interesting. Once you leave the educational system, people rarely care for your social exploits during college.
I hope you do well, and are able to return to the courses quickly. In my experience, it's more difficult to return the longer the absence, but professors can be understanding and provide assistance if you are willing to ask for the help. There can also be councillors who you can talk to regularly, it's often beneficial to just express your thoughts, even if you cannot act upon them immediately.
Edit: Music can also be cathartic and help process emotions. Personal favorites for hard times are Disturb for depression, static x for anger, system of a down and offspring for when I feel like I need to scream at society and Ensiferum and steel attack to get pumped up and charge into battle. (I've made a playlist for all my fav songs I come across on YT)
Yes, this is all metal. Yes this list of bands shows my age XD
I think if you feel alright with it just go somewhere isolated and work on your studies 1 to 2 hours a day and try to work up from there. A little is better than nothing and try a small system of habits that you can follow through.
I’m going through similar stuff. Here’s ig accs that can help: kellytorrescoaching, the.holistic.psychologist, Rumi’s poetry is also really good
There’s a whole community of people on ig “healing” ( also under the hashtag of #selfhealers ) who are sharing their tips for recognizing ego and processing childhood trauma or relationships with families. Helps me. And also there are really wonderful ppl like @matchthesource
All my life i suffered anxiety, learned a great deal from it. One of the most important things it thaught me: the way you feel tells a lot about how you're living your life. If you're living it wrong, your feelings will show you clearly
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" people think this is just a quote, but its the truest thing in life
it makes you stronger only if you know/can properly recover and learn
"What doesn't kill you makes you...... stranger" -Joker (Mr.Ledger)
@@williamperry5767 this is more accurate
@@williamperry5767 oh my god you guys are still acting like joker is relatable
@@enrater123 did you just like your own comment
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.
Wow, the profile pic captures you thinking too
O'SSÉIN - Master Your Mind With Me who is the author
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.
Nikola Prolić well said!
Nikola Prolić ‘know thyself’ “the unexamined life is not worth living “
The path to heaven is through hell.
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
@Gotta Go Fast! that's how it should be, it gets complicated if it's completely the other way around
Some of us are in continuous hell...
@@cecee3480 Yeah, just like Estelle, Garcin and Ines.
@@Betterdangaming Earth is always moving where as Heaven and Hell are set.
This channel is one of my holy places, in time.
Yes. What church should be.
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.
so u guys mean that if i m doing something that i should not be doing anxiety occurs ? (my english is bad )
@@ubbdaubermensch1528 Great response.
@@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.
ThyReturner if there is no self why desire anything at all besides comfort?? That’s the part I can’t parse intellectually
@@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.
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.
💯💯💯💯
I’ve had anxiety my whole life and it has been able to ruin me. But through the years of being trapped in my own mind I managed to find internal peace and understanding of everything. But in my case I get both faces of anxiety. The side that raises me up into enlightenment and the side that pulls me into a darker...darker reality. Somehow I have both and it’s actually crushing me....
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.
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?
@@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.
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.
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.
Take care Bro
I had a phase in my life where I was very anxious about everything and I applied this school of thought and it really helped to improve my situation. I still try to overcome the anxieties I have left but I start to realize a problem. It never ends and I am starting to realize that eventually I will encounter an enemy too big to defeat or you have defeated literally every enemy in your life and you will be left with an emptiness inside you afterwards. Strangely, I believe the way to solve this is to actually learn to content with how things are. Just like the philosophers in this movie argued against. Although I believe there are two types of being content, a fake one and a wholosome one. I haven't figured out how to be wholesome content but hopefully one day I will. My journey continues.
I have my driving exam this Friday, I really needed this.
Edit: I PASSED!!! Thank you for your kind words!!
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!
Wow. All the best! I have such anxiety in even learning how to drive. It's terrifying.
Driving test was easy af. Never got anxious over that
@@activecanvas well good for you man but some of us have anxiety
@@pournima8096 nah I'm just kidding lol. I am only 10
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!👍😊
"How does one achieve greatness? A deadline" Lenard Bernstein
That Nathaniel Branden quote was so powerful. "No one is coming to save me." The only person who can save you is you, my brothers, and you do have the power to do so.
“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.
You are, hands down, one of the best and most important channels on UA-cam. Thank you.
Fact
funma 235 True dat! This is why we have the internet!
Absolutely agree!🌝
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.
Some have said follow your bliss, others have said follow your passion, Kierkegaard would say “follow your anxiety”
Amazing 🔥
"Work through pain. . . or pain will work through you."
Well said lmao
Pain is weakness leaving the body
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.
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 UA-cam just to look at some videos and this was the first thing that came up. Wow perfectly said.
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 💚
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!
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! 👍🏼😻
David Goggins is a fine example of someone that used his anxiety to achieve greatness
all he does is run. whats great about running for no reason
@@mushinjedi6526 do you understandthe man lost 200 lbs at least and completed Seal training? He's a fucking Navy Seal, and he inspired
@@mushinjedi6526 I honestly think you should run too🤔
@@socratessocratilis2846 yeah well I’m nobody’s gerbil.
@@mushinjedi6526 all you do is make a shitty comment. Relax
I'm thankful for coming to the realization that anxiety is actually a good motivator.
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.
The Nathaniel Branden quote reminds me of the scene in The Grey where Neeson demands god's help, and ultimately says 'fuck it, I'll do it myself'
Nathaniel Branden's sentance stem work dragged me from the depths of hopeless despair &, over time, deposited me on an island of calmness & peace, I love that guy.
I havn't been in that mind state for a while, but when I have been that is when I accomplish the most. Thanks for the reminder.
Just falling into an anxiety situation and feel so overwhelmed... But I use my conscience and structure my being with the pain. Here I'm, thinking and thinking in my room, trying to answer to myself and see how this will make part of my future, my life... For sure, it hurts so bad rn.
Surprising how I found this exact video being in this situation after thinking and crying. Thanks
Oh, anxiety.
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
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.
Excellent work. I've really come to love not only the content, but also the format of your videos. The images make the messages resonate that much more. Thank you for sharing these sense-making treasures.
It's true, these videos are gems.
Who is the author
Paintings. Let's not forget that word.
@ images of paintings...
I wish each description had a list of the artwork in each video.
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.
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.
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
Just being alive leads to a slow death, regardless of if you're expressing or not.
We must be willing and able to become masters of the Light and the Dark.
This isn't to say we must give ourselves freely to the shadows. Far from it, and quite the opposite. We must instead bend those shadows to our will. Infuse them with Light such that their sickness dims, but their power remains. And when they writhe and hiss and refuse to be bound to our resolve, we will see them destroyed until all that remains are those powers that will be honed and controlled.
This deserves an infinite and fractal amount of upvotes.
black and white are man made...come out of the box
Do not tame your demons but at least keep them on a leash.
Holy..wow. It's such a relief knowing others have the Light
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.
That's it. I'm gonna start my novel!
Right on! Go for it!
That Nietzsche quote at the end, priceless
Well, what else should we expect from THE GAY SCIENCE? =D
aYoungDev I first heard that from Elliot Hulse “live dangerously” he has spoken well about this
he saved nietzsche for last to impress us he knows how to pronounce the name.
Philosophy changed my life forever for the better. Thank you.
Procrastination is one of my biggest hangups and this video has, in a small way, helped me in dealing with this.
THANK YOU!
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
yeah but it's not simple at all is it?
@@thepondering63 Simple, yet hard.
@@davisdavis1347 not hard Davis...complex
The Pondering it can become complex if that’s what you want to make it
Him Wes Watson and Jocko Willink
God has been speaking to me lately. I thought my situation was hopeless. I realize now I must " walk on the water."
Love your channel mate. Its been 16 years since i graduated in philosophy. This channel brings it all back and help remind me of the powerful lessons great thinkers have given us. Keep it up, your work is changing lives for the better.
I don’t usually cheer out load when I watch this channel, but I had to for this one. Once again, superb!
I live by this philosophy. I was and sometimes am a nervous wreck for no reason. This fear and lack of confidence made realize I was lacking in many areas. I wanted to be left alone.
Those thoughts triggered me deeply. Because of my lack of control of my emotions and weakness. I decided to go to the worst possible place possible for ME. I joined USMC. The challenges I faced alone and continue to face have transformed my perspective on my reality. I now realize that those experiences meant nothing and that I have always been who I am. I just never realized it. We just have to act and believe in what we are doing. Everything will follow afterward.
Fortis fortuna adiuvat : fortune favors the bold.
Among the mountains of "inspiring quotes", this one is extra important i think.
My best friends tattoo. Good stuff;)
I went for quite some boldness this past months, more so even the whole year after quitting a job. I wasnt a stranger to challenging my fears earlier either.
Externally, it hasnt really paid of and fortune doesnt accompany me that much..
Still a good thought i guess ofc, i mean like what else are we to do..but yeah it's not easy and some of my visions collapsed again.
Good luck everybody
Until it doesn't. Risk also kills people.
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.
Videos like these prove my personal growth over the last few years. Riddled with anxiety but my friend who I confided on the other week, afterwards complimented me on showing up and making strides (sometimes tiny steps) regardless. Thank you for another great video
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
“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
I love you all...
Thank you
Know that you are loved too!
Stay strong!
That doesn't mean anything. Empty words that will make the abyss swallow your soul.
kubasniak thanks
“Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the act of mastering it”
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. 🤔🤔
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.
Anxiety is either a path of misery or a path of serenity:
How you utilize or underutilize the gestures anxiety evokes, indefinitely affects whether you will achieve self-realization or self-turmoil and empirical destruction.
Reality is fraught with changes, challenges, and darkness, but where we brave our hearts, become courageous, and express our genuine selves regardless whether people ought then ignoring us.
Anxiety is either a hidden serenity or a blatant challenge we ought to conquer.
That fact that this video wasn’t pushed to over 10:00 mins made my day.
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.
@@lennon_richardson he's talking about ad revenue, you dingus.
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.
The peak of my anxiety disorder and a bit of OCD in 2008 and 2009 helped me write nine books in 2018 until now. I never imagined it would give me positive impacts and deeper insights. My anxiety and panic are still here now but they are in the background, I never really care anymore, I sometimes even forgot I have them
Healthy self-growth wisdom via philosophy; this is why I love this channel.
In deep gratitude for this vital video. It has helped me hugely. Bless you for your videos. Ireland
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.
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
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.
Very Zen.
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
@@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 ;-) ua-cam.com/video/9Njhgz5Hspw/v-deo.html
This could not have come at a better time. Thank you for your work!
It's so refreshing to watch something and be able to say "finally something that agrees with my way of thinking" I love it and I really needed it
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
For myself, anxiety has been more of a tool to explore for answers and invent ways to manage situations I'm in.
💯💯💯
"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'.
ISTP?
I feel like if I watched this video a few years ago id feel insecure because i wasnt living life to the fullest... but watching this video right now, i feel reassured and more confident. Great video. :)
Now it's time to find a new source of anxiety.
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 UA-cam so it’s incredibly lucky for me that you posted it now and at a time when I most need it.
This opened up my perspective
Just Some Guy without a Mustache how is it that I see you everywhere ?
You truly are a man of culture.
@@michalgalik9955 i see him everytime and check everytime if the "S stands for" video is still there lmao
You're here too?!
Wow, I was JUST thinking about this yesterday.
I wanna say that the paintings and drawings you add in your videos are astonishing and beautiful.
Thank you.
A man without fear is not a brave man, he's a fool. The ability to act in the face of great terror is heroic. Fear doesn't make a man weak, succumbing to it does.
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☺️
“You don’t Water a Tree, 🌳through the leaves, you Water a Tree through the Roots.”😉
Thich Nhat Hanh.
Most of the time
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foliar_feeding
what's that philosophy mean
Love that man.
The Third Eye
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.
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...
RG Fleuridor 💯💯 real talk man I use my anxiety to my advantage it can be a gift or a curse for some people
my unrelenting anxiety is the reason NICU exists and makes music
if you get anxiety about something you need to do, for fucks sake just go for it NOW
I spent 10+ years stalling, thinking it might get better
Trust me, it fuckin doesn't. Anxiety over your life mission, it only gets worse the longer you wait.
Just go ahead and get started now instead of 10 years from now like I did
but I'm going for it now and I'm gonna do it.
best channel on youtube
You guys are telling it like it is, no holds barred. I love it