Comfort Zones

In these cases, your willfulness is breaking from your ability to be accepting of the things you cannot change, which causes unnecessary inner tension. You have to release that tension and allow yourself to accept that which you cannot change. In that, you will find your place in life becoming happier and your way of looking at life becoming healthier. And who do we find in the merry middle? Yes, you guessed that right: our good friends, the neurotypicals again. There they are, back-slapping each other, having good ole jolly fun trampling about and living life just like prehistoric times were yesterday, only with windows in their caves this time, and horses with gear sticks and steering wheels! Their mental bubble is slightly stretchy, although the effort to expand it can be painful to them at times. It can't grow much, mind you, otherwise history wouldn't repeat itself. But it can expand just enough to learn how to operate a smartphone, or transition from cassettes to CD's to MP3's for instance. You spotted your own, neurodivergent home in the graph already, of course. To the right, there are those of us whose mental bubble can actually increase in size almost indefinitely, as long as we live. Here you find the mentally flexible and endlessly evolving individuals who are always eager to learn, who continuously challenge their paradigms and beliefs, and who continue to fine-tune their understanding and awareness as long as they live. We also know that the latter are a deploringly small minority. You will no longer obsess over changing things you cannot, but you will find yourself being more willing to do those things which are effective. That brings the article on depression to the end. All of these skills should be practiced during your depression block. The important thing to note about your blocks, if you haven't already, is that you need to be carrying these skills into your day-to-day life even outside of their designated block; If you're reading through this article and thinking that you should try to implement all of these things at once, I'd like to warn you not to; Your brain isn't set up to deal with that much change at once. Remember that this is a marathon and not a sprint, just like I said earlier;

Carry them with you, but don't load them all on yourself at once. Some studies indicate that ACT can be more successful in one-on-one therapy sessions as opposed to group sessions (ibid. Studies also reveal that ACT may be superior in treating some conditions including depression, especially with respect to reducing self-harm behaviors of depressed subjects. Accepting the fact that the mental bubble for most people doesn't significantly grow in size once they have petrified into adulthood, may seem obvious and easy at first sight. But when it concerns our own children, our romantic or business partners, our spouses, parents, friends, neighbors, compatriots, co-voters concerning important political issues, co-workers we'll have to deal with for years to come, et cetera, it may become very difficult to digest that the size of their mental bubble is what it is, and will remain like that, give or take a tiny few percent. At times the bubble they live in may seem so ridiculously, irritatingly, and dangerously small that we want to believe that it can be made substantially bigger, so that catastrophes can be averted and things changed for the better. History and close personal observation tell us however - for those who are willing and able to accept the facts - that reality is different, and that most people's mental horizons are almost impossible to significantly widen. There's no real cure for inborn mental nearsightedness yet - because if there were, the world would be a completely different place. If we really want to avert disaster, it won't be by looking away from this reality. Only by looking directly at it and taking it into account in all of our thoughts and actions can we adequately deal with the situation. Once we accept reality as it is, things invariably become quite easy. Rule for survival: They're Weebles, not Gumbies! Don't expect people, and especially not neurotypicals, to substantially wise up, expand mentally, or even simply change. The Best Ways to Beat Anxiety Commitment Therapy People battling anxiety have to struggle with unwanted thoughts popping into their mind. Sometimes, your intrusive thoughts may be informed by the nature of your anxiety. For instance, people with generalized anxiety have a tendency to receive intrusive thoughts involving one of their loved ones, whereas people with social phobias tend to receive intrusive thoughts that remind them of a moment they embarrassed themselves. Forms of anxiety include: Generalized anxiety disorder

Social anxiety disorder Agoraphobia Selective mutism Worse even, if they change, it's usually in the degeneration direction, not the wisdom direction. Applying this knowledge in our personal relationships, but also in politics and environmentalism, to name a few, can be a total game changer. Matter over mind This is quite an obvious one, but it's also a fundamental truth. So we need to go over it briefly anyway. Neurotypicals are definitely very materialistic. Not only are the size and growth capacity of their mental bubble specific (as in: specifically small), the kind of things you'll find inside there are specific, too. Neurotypicals are often busy pimping their homes, cars, children, and themselves. They love things and luxuries at the expense of all other concerns, even their own health. Have you noticed how obsessively they stuff their homes and bellies, and smear, spray and inject their skins and surfaces, even with harmful materials? Separation anxiety Panic disorder Specific phobias Around 12 percent of the population may have an anxiety disorder in any given year. Between five and 30 percent report having one sometime during their lifetime. It usually occurs between the ages of 15 and 35. The most common variety of anxiety disorder is a phobia.

The causes of anxiety disorders may be genetic and environmental. A history of trauma, such as child abuse or hardship (ie poverty) can lead to it. The experience of anxiety disorder can coincide with other mental health disorders, such as forms of depression and personality disorders. How they gladly plague the planet in this quest for maximization of their own consumption? Have you ever wondered how it's possible that they're at the same time embellishing their nest, and shitting all over it? Well, that's the combination of materialism and a tiny mental bubble for you. Look at what they do, instead of listening to them twisting and turning to find a morally acceptable explanation of this gluttonous frenzy, and you'll easily observe that personal, material pleasure is at the top of their one-item list. More, more, more, for me, me, me is the Holy Mantra of neurotypicalhood. In pair with this materialistic mania, neurotypicals don't give a hoot about philosophical questions. They may pretend, if that'll propel them up the social ladder. In that case they'll give embarrassing displays of pseudo-philosophical diarrhea of the mouth that comes right off the backside of grandmother's calendar and makes the more natural philosophers writhe in agony. As mentioned earlier (remember Joe in his tiny bubble), they can't really be bothered with large-scale issues like peace, the environment, social inequality, et cetera, either. If they could be, wouldn't these issues have long been resolved, or rather never have sprung into existence in the first place? The physical wear of an anxiety disorder or the combination of multiple disorders can tax the body to the point of heart disease, substance abuse, or hyperthyroidism. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and pharmaceutical therapies are frequently the treatments for anxiety disorders. Mindfulness exercises work, and many OCD patients opt for self-help sources. What Makes You Anxious? Anxiety is merely a persistent fear, and it extends to your future. Having an anxiety disorder will surely harm your quality of life. You get into the mindset of seeing problems where there are none.

Anxiety puts a quality of extremity to your life so that you're either withdrawn and isolated, or aggressive. Both extremes tend to stifle social cohesion. How Does Fear Manifest? Rule for survival: remember, matter over mind (for neurotypicals at least). Mo Money is the mantra. Don't expect anything from them except more, more, more stuff, for me, me, me and don't be deceived into thinking they can be bothered with much else. Abracadabra Each New Year neurotypicals ostentatiously wish themselves and the members of their various tribes good health and all the happiness in the world. That over and done with, they immediately start creating all the causes for exactly the opposite to happen. The inexperienced neurotypical-watcher looks at this seemingly odd behavior flabbergasted. But it so happens that health and happiness, just like the intimately related dimension of environmental protection, are complex issues for which one needs a sizable mental bubble and a robust capacity to mentally juggle many concepts at the same time. As explained before, two things neurotypicals are not especially endowed with. The end result of this mental nearsightedness and cognitive clumsiness is that they're heavily into magical thinking, of which their behavior on New Year's Eve is just one small example. When you are frightened or anxious, both your body and mind operate too quickly. The following are some of the things that may happen thanks to fear and anxiety: Increased heartbeat Increased rate of breathing Weak muscles Profuse sweating Stomach pains