Anxiety is your “new” BFF.

This world today is full of anxiety. Business people use our anxiety to manipulate us. They instill the idea that we are going to be living in misery if we do not have life insurance. This modern concept of social security has been coined lately.

Not enough with our current pandemic circumstances, the circle of worries continue. We are concerned of what our future holds. Are we going to be single forever? Are we going to land on our dream jobs? How can we survive in life when no promising jobs are going for us? This question may be stem from our survival nature. We are built to recognize the dangers. A “survival way” has been descended since our prehistoric predecessors. That is if you believe the theory of evolution is correct.

So is anxiety a bad friend to have after all? I can say it is yes or no. It is largely depending on how we perceive it. We can, however, acknowledge our worries and alter them into our proactive responses. We can use them to drive us to solve our daily problems. We just need to make a friend with our anxieties. We let them to be our new BFF. It stands for Best Friend Forever. This mindset changes our views toward anxieties. We start to know that insecurity will be lingering with us forever. No matter how good your job is. How best your partner or friend is. Even if you have reached your most desired goals of life, it will still emerge out of nowhere.

So why it is important to make “anxiety” our new BFF? If not friends, than they are your foes. Treating anxiety as enemies will cause you troubles. It consumes your energy. Drain your emotions and tears. It may lead you to depression. I think by acknowledging it as BFF, you may understand “life is suffering”. Nonetheless, we know that it is a cycle of “life”. You get your ups-and -downs. You get your anxiety, you turn it into proactive and pragmatic actions. It gives you the best plan to what you should do. And the thing is we still breathe despite the anxiety, worry, or insecurity. So do not die before you die. Embrace and hug your anxiety. Being anxious is being alive. It is what it is.