• trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    If I can take a guess I would say that anxiety is like hunger, it’s the absence of self-confidence. Anxiety doesn’t have to be removed but confidence increased.

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      1 year ago

      Well, scientists have studied this stuff, so you don’t need to guess. Anxiety is caused by trauma, not low self-confidence. However, anxiety can decrease your self-confidence, and increased confidence can lower your anxiety, so the two are linked.

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      1 year ago

      What a terrible take. Both insulting, uneducated and patronising.