Understanding anxiety’s positive function throughout history can facilitate the essential shift in mindset from wanting to get rid of it to becoming curious about it.
Mindset shift
I once heard a story about a man who uses a wheelchair. When asked if it was
difficult being confined, he responded, “I’m not confined to my wheelchair—I
am liberated by it. If it wasn’t for my wheelchair, I would be bed-bound and
never able to leave my house.” This shift in perspective completely transformed
how he lived each day.
