Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety

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March 18, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace The greatest peril of misplaced worry is that in keeping us constantly tensed against an imagined catastrophe, it prevents us from fully living. - Seneca - Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety With elegant rhetoric the great first-century Roman philosopher Seneca examines worry, both real and imaginary, and the mental discipline of overcoming fear. In Letters from a Stoic, he points out to a young friend that, "Some things torment us more than they ought; some torment us before they ought; and some torment us when they ought not to torment us at all. We are in the habit of exaggerating, or imagining, or anticipating, sorrow." { read more } Be The Change How often do you foresee and fear darker outcomes when a more positive attitude could possibly influence the future event? Seneca reminds us of the self-defeating and wearying human habit of bracing ourselves for an imaginary disaster that may never happen. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Disease of Being Busy Dan Siegel: The Open Mind Perseverance is Willingness, Not Will 10 Tips for Effective Communication Three Things that Matter Most in Youth and Old Age This Foster Father Takes in Only Terminally Ill Children Slow Down to Get Ahead I Trust You DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,227 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More