True/False: Anxiety is only possible because of ego?

[GimmeThat]

What if anxiety is an illusion and what you're experiencing is entirely normal and part of being a human. What if some people are just not doing what they need to do be doing in their lifes and are interpreting it as anxiety(/depression)

sometimes anxiety could just be contraction.

and love,

is an ocean wide.

[BigBoss]

love is an illusion as much as not knowing what the next chapter of your life may take you.

as for the evolutionary instinct to find a partner to reproduce

to let love be part of one of the many diverse emotion

DUDE put the bong down and try to make some sense. Thats 3 posts in a row.

[Swaggin916]

anytime you are holding on to something

it gives anxiety the element in which it needs to survive

I will say there is truth to this. The thing is, most people have anxiety over things that aren't survival based though... the mind creates it however because of laziness and old programming. Although I hate my anxiety, I personally feel like it's one of the things that keeps me going. It makes things actually matter.

Is anything worth hanging on to? I don't think there is. Can I survive with that attitude though? No I can't.

[Jailblazers7]

No.

Ego is not a real thing. It's a made up word and idea.

Anxiety is a real thing.

Well this is stupid. The word/idea of ego was made up to describe a real thing. Just like the word anxiety was made up to describe a real thing.

[DonD13]

as my man Lao-Tzu said:

If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.

[~primetime~]

You would get a ton of anxiety by drinking a pot off coffee and smoking a pack of cigarettes.

Or drinking a 6-pack of energy drinks



Completely unrelated to ego

[Thorpesaurous]

Survival was the first thing that came to mind for me too. But I guess the real question is what are the various motivations for success and failure. If the implication is that the only cause of for anxiety is success and failure, and if the only motive for success and failure is ego, then I suppose you could make a case that is true. But survival was the first other thing that popped into my mind. And I'm sure there are more.

[russwest0]

Ego doesn't exist?

Have any of you f*cktards ever taken a psychology class or have you ever been in the presence of someone with an inflated ego?

It most certainly exists.

[RidonKs]

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[~primetime~]

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[ace23]

Which definition of ego and what type of anxiety?

[TryToBeUnbias]

Trauma can be a strong source of anxiety so I'd say no...

[BigBoss]

Ego doesn't exist?

Have any of you f*cktards ever taken a psychology class or have you ever been in the presence of someone with an inflated ego?

It most certainly exists.

Its a pseudo-science. Your asking the wrong questions. What is ego?

[ace23]

Its a pseudo-science.

[BigBoss]

It is. The father of psychoonalysis/psychology, Sigmund Freud, came up with his findings while high on cocaine. Psychology has led to big pharm and the shift to taking medication to deal with mental issues. It's rubbish. It's a pseudo science. Who are YOU to tell me how i'm feeling? How can that objectively be understood. Science requires objectivity, therefore psychology is a pseudo science.

Fun fact. Did you know that John F Kennedy's little sister Rosemary was lobotimized and sent to a psychiatric ward for the rest of her life in secret so she wouldn't ruin her family's reputation? Guess who advised the lobotomy? Psychologists. Who are you to say that in JUST 50 years the discipline has standardized itself to being a legitimate science? it hasn't. it's so naive to think that. Mental health is subjective and complex.