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sometimes pretending being powerless makes you calm (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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hi,

I have been suffering from anxiety and was thinking about past bad things that happened to me and by me. I can't forgive myself for what I did and neither I can forgive who did bad things to me. also I keep thinking about stuff that is out of my control and power.

so I came up with a solution whenever that happens I also think myself as powerless and can't do anything. it makes me accepts things as they are. plus it makes me expect help from others.

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[–] Harold_Penisman 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Sounds similar to “radical acceptance”, which has helped with my anxiety for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The way I survive my shitty internal thought processes is essentially this, but I think of it more as fatalism.

Things be as they be and usually there ain't shit fuck all I can do about it, so I accept that.

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