Anxiety Is A Lack of Focus

Learn to direct your extra energy into things that create peace and productivity

Zachary Burres
4 min readNov 11, 2021

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Anxiety Is Just Biological Excitement Interpreted Negatively

What happens when you’re scared? Heart rate skyrockets, breathing becomes more shallow, alertness increases. This is a natural, biological response, programmed into us by evolution to protect us from the natural dangers of our environment, like tigers hiding behind your office chair.

What happens when you’re really excited? Heart rate skyrockets, breathing becomes more shallow, alertness increases. Except this time, you’re anticipating something positive, like an upcoming party.

Both responses could just be considered excitement. In one case, it’s fearful excitement, and in the other, it is joyful.

People often double their anxiety by accident when they try to calm their body down. It seems unnecessary. It’s uncomfortable. So we try to squash and quiet it.

But the energy refuses to be put out, and we become worried about the fact that we are worried. A vicious cycle.

An easier solution is: instead of trying to squash the sudden burst of biological energy, redirect it. Transmute it into excitement and channel that…

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Zachary Burres
Zachary Burres

Written by Zachary Burres

Obsessed with psychology, philosophy, and spirituality.

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