To me, dealing with many things all come down to how you frame them. Anxiety is definitely one of those things and I try to remember that at every pivotal moment in life there was an overwhelming edge of anxiety that felt like the world would be ending but then it didn’t. It has been useful, for me, therefore, for a long time, to consider anxiety as this potential energy that has not been given or seen an end path yet. It surely will. And just that acknowledgement is enough to get by.
Anxiety is blocked energy. Unblock it by acting in the present moment rather than worrying about future outcomes.
Source: Bruce Lee’s handwritten notes entitled “Notes on Gestalt Therapy,” within Misc. Notes. Bruce Lee Papers. ↩︎