Freaking Out Isn’t Therapy
It doesn’t make you feel any better to scream or throw things when you’re upset. So why do it?
It doesn’t make you feel any better to scream or throw things when you’re upset. So why do it?
Fear is unhealthy for so many reasons. But it can be outright dangerous if you let it run wild — it can actually bring you closer to the outcome you don’t want.
Don’t fall into the trap of seeking out strife just because it seems exciting or necessary. Choosing peace is just as valiant, and much wiser.
You don’t have to take every impulse that comes your way. You have a filter to help you distinguish the good from the bad.
If you want to be invincible, you have to be unflappable. And that means not overreacting emotionally when something (or someone) tries to upset you.
Anxiety comes from thinking too much about what is outside our control, and stoicism teaches us how to break that cycle.
Just because a familiar trigger presents itself, doesn’t mean you have to fly into a rage. You don’t have to get pulled into negative emotions by impulse — you have a choice.
Getting furious actually makes you less of a man, because it means you don’t have mastery over your emotions.
View the study of philosophy not as something that you have to do, but something that you want to do because it will keep you healthy. Philosophy is medicine for the soul if you take it every day.
You don’t have to know everything that’s happening in the world. You might actually be doing yourself a favor if you remained clueless about all the scandals and crises in the news.