How to Turn Anxiety Into Excitement

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

The girl in the thumbnail looks like she turned anxiety into mania.

[@celinak5062]

Whatever helps

[@kayliehutson02859]

I definitely do that and vice versa.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

zeuperm really? Cuz it’s the face I make when I’m about to finish whacking off...

[@ConceptNull]

...Just your average third wave feminist...

[@killernat1234]

She looks like the main female chicken from chicken run

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

This video's timing is oddly appropriate. I have a big driving test tomorrow and I needed to hear this.

[@venkats5368]

I'm sure you'll do well. All the best!

[@SatpalKaler]

All the best! Let us know how it goes!

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

@@SatpalKaler I did it! Coffee and positive thinking really helped.

[@SatpalKaler]

@@Ole_Rasmussen Well done buddy!

[@Kate-not-katie]

SIS ME TOO

[@oddrey52]

Brb, gotta go walk across a rickety bridge with my crush

[@hanshintermann1551]

Sounds a bit weird out of context.

[@threeMetreJim]

Might work if your crush is also a good friend, and doesn't freak out over a rickety rockety bridge...

[@jagzcat866]

When I'm starting to feel dread or frustration from work, I used to start finding myself thinking about how much I hated my job and almost repeat it like a mantra in my head, to "get through it." But a couple weeks ago I stopped myself from thinking that way and instead tried telling myself that I love my job and enjoy doing it. And what do you know, it helped a ton. I started feeling more excited about it and working overtime because I was having so much fun. I didn't really know why it worked, but this video gave me the answer I didn't know I needed. Thanks!!

[@sylviaodhner]

It doesn't surprise me. I think personal narratives can be very powerful.

[@yugenheorte6828]

I found that instead of looking at things and the tasks at hand as a whole, but segmenting it helped, like washing the dishes for example instead thinking "ugh I got to do washing up" I thought "I'll wash this plate, and then this plate" talking to myself helps too even if.just under my breath

[@gerardo8929]

sounds like self delusion to me

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@yugenheorte6828 Segmenting -- or "chunking" as it's sometimes called -- absolutely helps. I was miserable at my previous job (retail sucks), and many days I dreaded even going in because it felt like I would be miserable forever sometimes. But then I started chunking: instead of "I have 8 hours left", I'd think to myself, "I have 4 chunks left". Even though I knew that I considered a chunk to be 2 hours, thinking there were only "4" units left felt much better than thinking there were 8.

[@bobthegoat7090]

That is positive thinking and not what they are talking about in the video. You did not have a physical reaction that you chose to interpret another way aka the emotional reappraisal. All you did was just thinking positively. I am sorry for being an ass just had to tell you my thoughts

[@aceofacez10]

I think of Anxiety and Excitement as 2 sides of a coin. We need to be stimulated a little bit to feel engaged in a task, but too much stimulation leaves us tired and anxious.

[@Darticus42]

Aceofacez10 It's less of a difference of severity (like on a scale, how a little bit would be excited) and more of a difference in perception (same physiology, different feelings/context make either excitement or anxiety or fear). You are absolutely correct that a little bit of stimulation/stress makes tasks more engaging, but I don't think that should be conflated with excitement

[@prescott231233]

I think most people are born with this ingrained into their mind. But people seem to lose this ability to change their understanding of the situation. I used to just tell myself i was excited, rather than anxious. But now i have very bad anxiety issues, and i can’t just tell myself “you’re excited” my Brain just goes back in itself like “nah you know you’re scared af rn”

[@soothmoth]

Instead of saying "I'm anxious" try externalising it. "I am having an anxious moment because.." (I didn't drink enough water, had too much coffee, didn't sleep well, have lost context, etc). I don't know if there's anything to back it up but it sure helps me and cuts down on how long the anxiety lasts for.

[@Cam-gk4dk]

@@soothmoth Yeah that's true. Rationalizing the why makes the situation much more focused. I have realized that it helped me.

[@evilsharkey8954]

I think irrational anxiety is a bit different. When mine was at its worst, there was nothing I could tell myself to stop the emotional and physiological reaction. I knew the source, and if I tried to tell myself I was excited, it wouldn’t have worked because it was not something to be excited about.

[@ZombieBarioth]

Evil Sharkey Absolutely agree. Take social anxiety for example, even if you know deep down there's nothing to worry about, or what's triggering it, there's no way you're going to be able to to convince yourself "you're excited" about it. Any sort of phobia is going to be the same way. And yeah, I can certainly the delayed reactions. 9/10 my anxiety hits after the fact, or at least gets the worst. Anything leading up to it you totally can though, and talking yourself through it before can help ease things. Sometimes pushing yourself in is all you can do.

[@Darticus42]

Sooth Moth there's correlations between higher internalization and higher risk & severity of depression (& anxiety). I don't know if psychologists have determined a causal connection there but that's certainly a common speculation that externalizing your feelings and problems can help you toovercome them

[@fennecfoxfanatic]

Oh so that's why people perceive me as excited by everything. It was anxiety all along :D

[@emedicao1503]

I feel you , girl/boy/person

[@IceMetalPunk]

"You're so enthusiastic!" "I am? I mean... I am. I guess. Am I?"

[@mlpresley1989]

I'm an anxious person. When I was a kid my mother used to always remind me that I was simply an enthusiastic and excited girl. She encouraged me to accept the nervous feelings I had, and taught me to channel those feelings into positive emotions. It's funny how effective that was for me.

[@ryanbranigan231]

Yeah, "fake it till ya make it" is real & works. Its the same when standing tall and in a power pose before an interview, despite actually being very nervous you come off the opposite and actually are.

[@DrumWild]

I used to suffer anxiety about the prospect of going broke, homeless, and starving on the streets, before dying of exposure. But thanks to this video, I am now excited about my future. Thanks!

[@BryceNolen]

This idea literally changed my life growing up. When I was getting ready for my first speech ever, with my schools speech team, my coach asked if I was “scared or excited”. She then asked me to turn that extra energy (making me shake and sweat with anxiety) into file to project my voice and increase my stage presence. It actually somehow worked. I still get anxious about public speaking to this day, but use the way I THINK about the anxiety to try and redirect it into positive energy. It doesn’t work all the time but that one event in high school has helped me so much in life.

[@matchanavi]

Mistaking fear as love huh? I wonder how much that relates to abusive relationships. Or maybe Sadomasochism kinks too?

[@celinak5062]

Sadomasochism seems more related to exercise endorphins, but there is maybe a personality type, that likes adventure. So hights, extreme sports, new tech/science news, experiment in their private life's, new sights/travel, so on

[@Alkoholwioslaidziwki]

@@celinak5062 Lol I like how you went from SM to likes science news and travel. Some people plain and simple like pain. It has nothing to do with personality types.

[@adamswierczynski]

Survivor of years and years of abuse. Can attest that fear and love are easily confused.

[@stygian8049]

Stockholm syndrome too maybe

[@hanshintermann1551]

I don't know about abusive relationships, but I'd say BDSM is supposed to make you more excited, not love your partner more.

[@thistle8787]

I hate it when people use the whole appraisal thing to tell u ‘just stop being sad’ sooo frustrating

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Rose Tree just stop being frustrated by it. 😉

[@thistle8787]

@@Im-Not-a-Dog I'm going to assume this was an attempt at a joke on your part

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Rose Tree yes. As someone with both anxiety and depression, I completely understand the point you are making and was attempting to add a bit of levity.

[@thistle8787]

@@Im-Not-a-Dog I'm glad sorry if I came off snarky its hard to tell when it's all in text. I'm sorry your struggling with that.

[@hawkdownchase5825]

Teacher: Stop being depressed Me: I was diagnosed with dysthymia in 3rd grade Teacher: Just tell yourself your happy Me: You try telling that to my 3 dead friends. (I wish this was a made up story, but sadly, it isn't.)

[@beskamir5977]

I'm always excited by my inevitable failure.

[@bryanbutchmartin9260]

I'm excited by my thoughts of doing great everyday!

[@artbyneenadipeppe]

i snorted

[@alyg3044]

Personal experience about this, which I didn't know had a name or was actually a thing: I grew up a stage kid. I was part of a theatre group, had my own rock band like everyone does in high school, I was one of the main cast in a musical that was pretty big locally. I was that kid, beaming and bouncing on their feet behind the curtain, counting down the seconds to go in. All that, running up to my 18th year. After that, studies got hard and demanding and pretty much all my time went into that. My twenties were also a time of anxiety and undiagnosed depression. When, at around 25, I was asked to fill in as Jocaste for a friend who got injured for a run of three performances, I thought... Hell yeah! And thanks for the opportunity! It took me completely by surprise to find myself feeling so terrified on stage I was seriously considering how to work exiting the stage smoothly into the scene because I felt like I was going to throw up any moment. It didn't happen, but the experience was very unpleasant. And unsettling. And obviously, it threw me off for the next ones. Which didn't feel any better. I did the thing. I wanted to do the thing. And yet. TERROR. When the opportunity arose a few months later, it kind of felt the same, except I could tell myself I made it through the last times and no one in the audience noticed. It helped a bit. And then. One day. I got mad. Because I was thinking back to my first musical, and how I was feeling now that I would be incapable of singing a single note because my throat would close up on me for sure. And it made me sad. And that made me ANGRY. I thought, why?!? Remember how you enjoyed it so much? How you felt like you were floating for hours on end after that. Get that back. It was you! It's still you! It's in there somewhere. Find it. It's already here. And. Yeah. I'm still tensed and nervous when I go on stage because I'm not 15 anymore and much more self conscious than my teenage self. But it helped. I... I guess I refused to accept the reality of stage fright. I refused that it staying was a fatality. I DECIDED that I was going to bring that excited kid back because I still loved it and I was still that person. And it helped so much. I didn't know it had a term attached to it. Wasn't aware I was using a technique that was more universal. But now that I know I might try to use that on other aspects, other feeling resets that could be useful. Thanks for making sense of my noggin for me, scishow. ♥️

[@whatinthehalibut]

Thanks for sharing your story

[@carpo719]

Mental transmutation. It's as ancient as philosophy. It's too bad so many people aren't aware of it. They say you are what you eat which is true, but you are what you think even more so

[@openyoureyes3308]

Anxiety and anxiety disorders are not the same problem, wish that was pointed out scishow

[@veryberry39]

I agree with you! Though I also think this is still a useful tool to put in the arsenal (and I'm speaking as someone with an anxiety disorder, so I'm not just trying to shrug off what you're saying!). Maybe it won't work as well as someone who's neurotypical and is just having a moment of normal anxiety, but I'll take whatever branch I can grab onto! ...The problem is remembering to try it when my brain is screaming in panic. :P

[@evilsharkey8954]

I think it might help for people whose anxiety precedes things. Mine always showed up after the fact, like buyer’s remorse and second guessing decisions, or at inopportune times, like in the middle of the night. You can’t tell yourself that’s excitement.

[@cjnickolson]

In one way I agree, in another I feel like those who deal with anxiety as a disorder would already understand that. But I'm aware that I could be biased since I took a Basic Psychology course. This might even just be a good exercise for people in general, might not hurt for everyone to watch it, regardless.

[@andershusmo5235]

I have an anxiety disorder and I find this stuff to be very useful. While it can't be applied broadly to the disorder, being mindful of it can help in not forming harmful associations in certain contexts. For example, I have come to associate a raised heart rate and heavier breathing with anxiety, meaning I can experience great discomfort or even an onset of panic when exercising or reaching an orgasm. It's by remembering that the heart rate and breathing has become a "false queue", so to speak, that I am able to gradually train these kind of associations away. Having an anxiety disorder means fighting a million enemies, and if I can find any tools to aid in the battle against a few of them, I take them.

[@purplefire2834]

@@evilsharkey8954 Yeah, that's the issue I have with anxiety/excitement too. Only works if you know what you're anxious about, and if said thing could have a good result

[@gyohza]

4:11 That's it, I'm through with it. I'm having my amygdala removed.

[@SillyMakesVids]

*Sipping coffee in a burning cafe* "This is fine."

[@MortisObscura]

As always, psychologists are years behind social engineers. This only works on a select type of person and only on a couple forms of anxiety. Anxiety related to self-doubt this will not work on and can actually make it way worse. I've tried this method on my myself and it made me way more anxious.

[@AnarchoTak]

Same

[@davidruss718]

Meditate some and then do it. My anxiety is due to self doubt, and this works great. It's essentially learning to enjoy life out of the comfort zone after all

[@maryy8437]

Next video: How to turn depression into happiness

[@evilsharkey8954]

Mary Y, if there’s a real way to do that for MDD, that would be insanely awesome!

[@ELbabotas1]

Depression is a feeling? Cus u can be Happy depressed

[@srawat27]

Can lack of affective flexibility be the reason why some athletes are amazing in practice but choke under pressure?

[@daireks]

I have been doing this for a while while waiting for my turn during a presentation, yes I was nervous for the presentation but when I did it presenting felt great!

[@safir2241]

I haven’t had any anxiety for months now. Just a small amount of nervousness every now & then when performing for other people on my Ukulele.

[@ThatWarioGiant]

Safir i see you everywhere

[@ThatWarioGiant]

Safir congrats you’ve become justin y 2

[@safir2241]

WarioGiant Aww thanks

[@safir2241]

WarioGiant Commenting is the easiest way to get subs

[@gravijta936]

Anxiety: Heating chicken nuggets in the microwave for 60 seconds Excitement: "Beep! Beep! Beep!"

[@butterflyqueen9260]

Yes!!!

[@jerry3790]

Disappointment when they have cold spots

[@richardpowell4281]

I'm gonna have to try this tomorrow. I'm flying and it makes me nervous as hell.

[@crimson9113]

Gets me excited as hell*

[@MRayner59]

Hope it's not a 737 Max 8.

[@tonicrvnts]

@@MRayner59 😆

[@agentmothman5343]

I have two presentations coming up, I'll be sure to try this!

[@issecret1]

Seeing this recommendation gave me a jolt of anxiety

[@acisverycool]

I was nervous to watch this because I usually love sci-show content, but since I have GAD and social anxiety I didn’t want to get angry about this. This is a really made video and I agree with it, but I wish they addressed that feeling anxious is different from having anxiety. This wouldn’t work when I was hyperventilating in a bathroom because I had a presentation at school. I think they should of distinguished the difference between normal fear responses and unhealthy responses

[@W.Rain.]

I wonder how women would have reacted in the bridge experiment 🤔

[@StephJ0seph]

Same way. We're not that different than guys. This could have some correlation with people staying in abusive relationships-- mistaking fear for love.

[@MadsAboutYou]

Too bad men are always considered the default for experiments and studies...how hard could it have been to also test this on women?

[@shristib]

This video has really helped me understand my recent anxiety surrounding covid-19. I work with survivors of abuse and over the years have developed anxiety to the point where I have bodily reaction -shortness of breathe, faster heart beat- without even being in a crisis situation. Thank you for this video, you have no idea how helpful this information has been for me.

[@artbyneenadipeppe]

this is my new favorite show to binge watch

[@What7641]

This works. A pro athlete tought me this trick when i was in high school

[@gregorybrian]

Before this video was posted, I have tried this technique multiple times and it works. I give credit to my meditation practice because every time I meditate, I learn a little bit more about myself and how much control I have and don’t have.

[@LulitaInPita]

The coolest thing about our brain is that we can literally hack it, using itself, to hack itself. #MindBlown

[@IceMetalPunk]

Well, we use computers to hack computers, don't we? :D

[@LulitaInPita]

@@IceMetalPunk fair point :)

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

It's also the worst and most dangerous thing about our brains

[@harley4841]

So true.

[@Gr1pp717]

Great! Now I just need to tell myself that I'm excited about nothing all day, every day.

[@davidruss718]

Many people seem to comment about generalized anxiety and being anxious for no reason, or over something out of their control. If something really is out of your control I would recommend still taking this approach, but take that "excitement" and direct it towards something you want to do. So if you're anxious because you're have a bad financial situation, tell yourself you're "excited" to learn a new skill that will help improve it.

[@LOLEliSays]

Another FANTASTIC VIDEO! This is a content I subscribed for

[@triplebackspace3623]

Good to know that I suffer from an excitement disorder and not an anxiety disorder.

[@blaustein_autor]

I have done this since a year now and it works just like turning a switch - only that our emotions aren't controlled by one single switch, and finding all the different beliefs and interpretations to certain situations takes time! For example: How do you feel, when a group of strangers in the bus laughs about something? Do you feel fear? Well, that may be harder to get rid of, if you have actually have been laughed at in the bus during school or so. But anyway, you can do it!

[@kaelaolsen9251]

THANK YOU SCISHOW!!! Very interesting video.

[@Pedrosa2541]

Most usefull video of this channel by far, what tells a lot considering it high quality content. Thanks.

[@Sikstik]

I think this really adds some insight into how trends in media, music, film impact mental health in suggestable populations.

[@Patrick_Nottingham]

I've been around the Halloween haunted house industry for years. Can confirm haunted houses are great places to take a date. It's pretty common knowledge among haunters (haunted house workers).

[@emilynightingale7758]

I did my first piano competition a few days ago and i was nervous as heck. But when i started playing i kind of zoned out and it was like i wasn't really the one playing it. It was weird, but I'm glad it happened because i usually mess up, even if i've been practicing for weeks.

[@TinyWorlds]

Great video, thank you for sharing! I didn't consider how thinking I'm having anxiety in a situation can actually further that feeling.

[@Screaminglemon631]

Ive been doing this for years but i wasnt sure if it was even doing anything. its good to know that it is! Super cool stuff!

[@EsquireR]

Subjectevely agreed, if I'm anxious I go watch a bunch of dance videos and get superexcited about them.

[@EsquireR]

And if I watch same videos while just bored I don't get as excited, even though I still enjoy them.

[@thefattyfatty1]

Lol Hank straight shouting about the sponsor. He must love them.

[@mashalena]

I have generalized anxiety that ruin my life... and all I have to do is to pretend that I’m excited about almost everything... yeah, sure.... having anxiety and being anxious about an exam is 2 completely different thing!!

[@evilsharkey8954]

mashalena, I think it depends on how the anxiety manifests. Mine usually followed events and decisions. For people whose anxiety appears before something, maybe it could help.

[@davidruss718]

So take that anxiety and turn it into excitement to learn a new skill that will improve your situation..Better than making excuses as to why your anxiety is justified.

[@evilsharkey8954]

David Russ, GAD is generalized anxiety disorder, the last one being the operative word. The anxiety isn’t rational or justified. It’s just there, and trying to reason it away doesn’t work. Anxiety for a reason is different and can be more easily redirected.

[@endrankluvsda4loko172]

I'll remember this next time I have to go to court. I'm not nervous that the ex is about to take everything from me again. I'm excited!

[@jaypat9673]

The title of this video got me excited

[@wingus857]

I sort of do this when I'm sitting in a boring class. I try to find what's interesting about it and the class actually ends up being interesting and I feel like I'm learning something useful. The brain sure is amazing :)

[@valvara123]

Holy ish. Totally effin needed this rn. I’m doing a poetry slam this Thursday March 14, 7pm PT. I’m EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!🤢😅

[@PastafarianPriestess]

I've got a job interview coming up soon, I am going to try to put this information to use.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

this made me think of how as helpful as i'm sure therapy can be, i think active role-playing with groups to better ourselves in practice situations would be really useful, especially for people like me who can't talk to people in public at all. if i had to do it, and knew if was all acting, for the sake of bettering myself, and those around me, i think i'd feel alot better about it

[@Myllkka]

Okay, I get it. You're talking about the "normal" kind of anxiety. Not the bad one. Because I really can't just tell myself I'm excited when I not even have a reason to feel excited at the moment to begin with. It's not that simple and you can't just apply this as a principle in your life. Actual anxiety is way more complicated.

[@jamiehay1027]

I'm able to do this at school, some subjects I get super excited to do the tests lol.

[@xcomfan]

Muscle Hank for guest host plz

[@coffeyvideoproductions7767]

This makes me think of the long known fight or flight response. Drill sergeants have have been turning fear into fight for ages.

[@killergoldfisch1]

This could really be the most useful video on youtube...

[@dontcallmelil8619]

They should do a video on how they can also change how you think you feel physically! I always tell myself, "It's not cold, it's brisk out! Refreshing!" and I can tolerate the cold far better than when I think "I'm cold!" Same as when I'm around others complaining about the cold, I feel colder.

[@moneill8201]

It’s really interesting to hear this, because this is actually one of my own strategies that I developed to deal with feelings of fear/anxiety. Nice to know science backs it up :)

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

By reframing our thoughts, we can change anxiety into excitement. 🔥

[@cocoon9541]

This is really relevant to my life right now, thank you.

[@StephanieLuff]

I do this for all my presentations I have to give and it helps a lot!

[@poorplayer9249]

"But the change in perspective" Only five words. Seven syllables that can change the world.

[@debsy101games]

Thank You scishow!

[@maya6215]

Personally I found that turning my anxiety or situational fear into an existential fear helped me relax in situations such as interviews, presentations or even social interactions with people. By replacing the negative uncontrollable anxiety with a conscious anxiety (fear of death) I managed to find acceptance and calmness in those situations. On the other hand I tended to feel too neutral in the process which was not in my favour if the situation required me to show excitement and eagerness ie. concerts or public speaking... it would be pretty cool if I could turn anxiety into excitement and better my performance by that. To be honest I found replacing anxiety with a bigger anxiety could have a toll on my psyche and stopped me from fully enjoying myself

[@jenb6412]

Yeah, I've tried that. Telling myself it's just my body's way of being prepared for anything, getting geared up. Doesn't work.

[@RangerRuby]

Yes! I needed this video without actually knowing I needed it!

[@user-yu8dl4kw2w]

Actually I’ve turned my anxiety into mania. I suffer from anxiety and used to suffer also from panic attacks. I have now quite hard exams and I’m under a lot of stress and anxiety, but I’ve recently started to transform it all into an excitement. Now it feels more like mania because of constant energy. At least I can learn more. :D

[@optirius3877]

Now make a video about how to turn depression into joy and happiness lol

[@celinak5062]

What I've learned vids suggest exercise

[@EmeliaSings]

Affective flexibility is really interesting. I might have to look up some studies and articles on that, really useful lifeskill, and honestly feel like the older I've gotten, the better I've become at trying to look at the positive side with things like stress, deadlines, being outside my comfort zone.

[@nobaso620]

It makes me wonder if at all the prefrontal reflex equates to the feeling of hope.

[@catharticreverie]

Lapis: What if something bad happens? Steven: But what if something Good happens!?

[@evilsharkey8954]

Anxiety: something bad WILL happen. Me: So what? I can handle the worst case scenario. Anxiety: Doesn’t matter. I’m not going anywhere!

[@onearmysub]

Thank you so much for this

[@IceMetalPunk]

I have an anxiety disorder, and sometimes when I'm particularly anxious, I literally tell myself things like, "Amygdala, chill out." (I'm a neuroscience geek, so sue me.) This sounds like it's basically that, except also supplying your amygdala with a better reason that it triggered in the first place. Kind of like you're tricking your own fear center into thinking it wasn't supposed to be afraid. Interesting.

[@ciretose2]

Tony Robbins has been teaching how to apply this for 30 years. Physiology + language + focus/belief = your emotional state at any given moment. Not something you can necessarily do instantly without any practice, especially if you're already neck-deep in a disempowering state or just cynical. What you can do is learn how to tweak your physiology, choose your self-talk, and assign more constructive meanings to things as they happen so your state doesn't spiral. I applied principles from his book and two of his audios to overcome paralyzing social anxiety when I was 22. Search "Tony Robbins emotional triad" and you'll find something helpful. Cynics can disregard this comment.

[@Spiralobsession]

I'll need to use this technique for my wedding day. I'm so afraid of things going wrong that now I'm also worried about ruining the day by worrying about things going wrong.

[@ResortDog]

Therapists biggest tool is changing your ideas into something they think is better. Words work sometimes even if drugs were called for.

[@ResortDog]

Self hypnosis WORKS even if led by a perceived "authority". Its worth trying first before paying for the same thing.

[@aayushkarn6198]

Oh heck wow! This is brilliant !!!

[@josef5341]

Wow I've never been this early...looking forward to see when muscle Hank will say 💪😊

[@rishav4343]

felling exited about my legal case

[@rishav4343]

not

[@clockworkcthulhu8195]

yeah I have that experience R.I.P. Dave

[@nobaso620]

It makes me think if at all the prefrontal reflex equates to the feeling of hope.

[@arisnikoletopoulos5951]

Does this works both ways? Can you reinterpret excitement as anxiety?

[@mschrisfrank2420]

Aris Nikoletopoulos Possibly. Just the presence of physical arousal (such as from exercise) has been known to trigger panic attacks in people who have previously experienced panic attacks.

[@deathtree9756]

I can’t stop hearing SciShow SIKE

[@shirotakogami8558]

Imma take my phone calls with this in mind

[@westclox5926]

This really helps

[@thisaccountisdead9060]

I think it helps if people are excited for you: there is nothing worse than being nervous before a group of nihilists who would not think twice about putting your head on a block if you failed.

[@jungkooks_microwavephobia]

Im someone who has a lot of phobias and sometimes I genuinely think some people like the feeling of anxiety.

[@kayliehutson02859]

Love this! Im' going to have to try it!

[@greenanubis]

Emotional reappraisal can work in other direction too, allowing positive experiences to cause negative emotions. So, like with any delusion, it depends on how and where you use it.

[@elizabethCorkins83]

🤔

[@thisaccountisdead9060]

Is "Who?" as person is: just a combination of "what? why? where? when? And how?" - or is "who?" something distinct and as separate a concept as all of those?

[@pearlpark7259]

How about turning lethargy into motivation

[@ChrisSham]

The "How to" part of the title doesn't really seem to have been addressed. It's great that appraisal can be changed, but what practical steps can help to actually do that?

[@avicohen2k]

Thanks, will see if this works...

[@shaneharrington3655]

The power of story

[@jefftezos]

I think resistance is a big part of it. Excitement thats resisted, emotionally, IS anxiety.