tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298511987661634640.post5791383041653121781..comments2023-06-26T01:59:29.945-07:00Comments on Morten Tolboll: Philosophy doesn't analyse the anxiety in the individual person's life, but seeks to clarify the nature of anxietyMorten Tolbollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10926755012692844636noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298511987661634640.post-68409006186295013692016-01-20T09:57:18.120-08:002016-01-20T09:57:18.120-08:00When it comes to anxiety I start off, in my thinki...When it comes to anxiety I start off, in my thinking, with the question, what if. What if this happens? And the thought is usually something negative. So, first of all, anxiety is a future based emotion; an irrational fear of a future event.<br /><br />Sometimes I can refute the what-if-negative-outcome thoughts with a little critical thinking and prove to myself that they are irrational. Yet emotionally, I am still anxious.<br /><br /> So, one philosophical antidote would be to get closer to courage and stop trying to control things that are not under my control in the first place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com