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Constant sense of dread

ConstantRepeat

I'm living with this underlying sense of dread all the time as if something terrible is about to happen. I'm always worrying about something bad happening to my loved ones in particular, and whenever I say goodbye to one of them I have an awful feeling as though it might be the last time I see them. I'm just always waiting for disaster to strike and it's having a really negative effect on my life. I guess it's my brain realising how unpredictable the world is and being unable to accept it. I was just wondering if anyone else here deals with this and if anyone has found a way to ease the stress.

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  • A possibility... one that seems to be part of one side of my family is that we're always calculating trajectories, maths, outcomes, probabilities - problem solving... the Autistic Analytic with the out of control chaotic mind making wild connexions and Death? Death is quite incalculable - you're not wrong! We joke about its overshadowing presence, as does much of philosophy. There's naught to be done but embrace it and find the irony in it. The one thing which cannot be resolved and is this ultimate resolution of sorts.

    I doubt I'll have read everything I'd like to read by the time mine approaches. 

    Of course, the thought can be "qualified" or perceived any way. If the subject is just death of a flower, it is of small consequence. If it involves someone I love, it has more of an impact and it is this context that can further create anxiety or fear or sadness. We can sometimes use the imagination to create a next journey - if we become particles, if we shape-shift. The life after life part becoming comforting, even if it's a phantasy. But I think there is something to being here, alive now which can be more useful.

    I simply find ways to be intentional toward those I care about. Do things which are within my control/power. Which reminds me I haven't spoken with my father in a few weeks :) 

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  • A possibility... one that seems to be part of one side of my family is that we're always calculating trajectories, maths, outcomes, probabilities - problem solving... the Autistic Analytic with the out of control chaotic mind making wild connexions and Death? Death is quite incalculable - you're not wrong! We joke about its overshadowing presence, as does much of philosophy. There's naught to be done but embrace it and find the irony in it. The one thing which cannot be resolved and is this ultimate resolution of sorts.

    I doubt I'll have read everything I'd like to read by the time mine approaches. 

    Of course, the thought can be "qualified" or perceived any way. If the subject is just death of a flower, it is of small consequence. If it involves someone I love, it has more of an impact and it is this context that can further create anxiety or fear or sadness. We can sometimes use the imagination to create a next journey - if we become particles, if we shape-shift. The life after life part becoming comforting, even if it's a phantasy. But I think there is something to being here, alive now which can be more useful.

    I simply find ways to be intentional toward those I care about. Do things which are within my control/power. Which reminds me I haven't spoken with my father in a few weeks :) 

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