Comments on: Anxiety as a Compass to Accomplishing http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/05/anxiety-as-a-compass-to-accomplishing/ Thinking beyond productivity Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andre http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/05/anxiety-as-a-compass-to-accomplishing/#comment-672 Andre Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:20:19 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/05/anxiety-as-a-compass-to-accomplishing/#comment-672 In most cases, the anxiety I'm referring to deals with a known issue: transgressing our current sphere of comfort. I believe that authentic change always carries an emotional charge, which acts as a barometer to a next action's impact. In this context, I don't equate anxiety with neurosis, or something to be "fixed." It's simply situational feedback. In cases where the anxiety is unclear, I usually implement a phenomenological technique called Experiential Focusing (typically just called Focusing -- see <i>Focusing</i> by Eugene Gendlin), which involves dwelling with one's felt sense of a situation until its intricacy moves to articulate itself as a concrete word, phrase or image. In most cases, the anxiety I’m referring to deals with a known issue: transgressing our current sphere of comfort. I believe that authentic change always carries an emotional charge, which acts as a barometer to a next action’s impact. In this context, I don’t equate anxiety with neurosis, or something to be “fixed.” It’s simply situational feedback.

In cases where the anxiety is unclear, I usually implement a phenomenological technique called Experiential Focusing (typically just called Focusing — see Focusing by Eugene Gendlin), which involves dwelling with one’s felt sense of a situation until its intricacy moves to articulate itself as a concrete word, phrase or image.

]]> By: Jarrod - Warrior Development http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/05/anxiety-as-a-compass-to-accomplishing/#comment-663 Jarrod - Warrior Development Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:49:36 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/05/anxiety-as-a-compass-to-accomplishing/#comment-663 I agree that dealing with stuff that makes us anxious gives us more energy. This is actually a very good reason to try and get through these tasks :) However I think it is also important to look at how and why these tasks make us anxious. By understanding the underlying issue we grow and actually obtain even more energy than if we had just blindly pushed past it. I agree that dealing with stuff that makes us anxious gives us more energy. This is actually a very good reason to try and get through these tasks :)

However I think it is also important to look at how and why these tasks make us anxious. By understanding the underlying issue we grow and actually obtain even more energy than if we had just blindly pushed past it.

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