Do you find yourself worrying about things that may loom in the future? Perhaps you lie awake imagining worst-case scenarios — losing your job, developing a serious illness, losing a relationship, perhaps even a meteorite plunging into your house. (This did happen to someone last week! Fortunately, no one was injured.) The future feels threatening when it seems that possible disasters await.
You are not alone. And you are not irrational. The world genuinely is uncertain right now. But there is a difference between realistic concern about real problems and a persistent, consuming dread of what might happen. If your mind tends toward the latter, this is worth understanding and alleviating.
Where the Threat Actually Comes From
When we were very young, every experience was new, and because of that, some caused an overwhelming degree of anxiety. The portion of anxiety that was too much to bear went into a reservoir of anxiety that remains out of our awareness. We may have amnesia for the events and for a portion of the anxiety that they caused.
As adults, current sources of anxiety evoke a contribution from the reservoir, and this causes an exaggerated response. We feel more anxiety than is called for by the current circumstance.
Some people have had more traumatic experiences than others; and the more they have experienced as they grew and developed, the more associations they will have to these past events when current dangers loom. This magnifies and prolongs the degree of anxiety that they feel.
And people vary in their genetic sensitivity level. The more sensitive they are, the more strongly they will feel anxiety. (People who are unusually sensitive don't usually understand that they are; they think that everyone feels that way.)
But the World Really Is Uncertain Right Now
The current moment offers an unusual abundance of things to worry about. Economic uncertainty, political instability, the rapid pace of technological change, global tensions — these are real. Feeling concerned about them is not a sign of weakness or irrationality.
But if your concern has tipped into persistent dread, if you find it hard to be present and enjoy what is good in your life right now because of what might happen, you may have had many traumatic experiences in your past, for which you may have amnesia. Or you may be exquisitely sensitive. Or both!
It Doesn't Have to Feel this Way
It is possible to create a new mental pathway that can work, out of your awareness, to gradually diminish and eventually eliminate the influence of past traumas on your present life. And if you are very sensitive, it helps you learn how to manage your life so that you are protected from excess stimulation.
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