62. Why do you become more anxious the harder you work?
When we don’t work hard, we will be very anxious, so everyone says we must work harder. However, in a society with such huge competitive pressure, hard work does not seem to be able to stop anxiety. There are even various rolled into . It seems that no matter whether I do it or not, I will feel anxious. So more and more people began to choose to lie down. Why does effort bring anxiety?
What causes anxiety?
1, biological factors - This is related to genetics to a certain extent. Everyone has different levels of sensitivity and acceptance of stress.
2, acquisition factors - which include behavioral acquisition and cognitive acquisition. The former is when we take action in specific situations. The latter is when we learn how to think about and evaluate specific situations.
3, stressor - related to our past experiences. For example, you have suffered injuries or stress events, etc.
We need to understand that both thoughts and actions will cause us anxiety to a certain extent. This does not mean that abstaining from negative emotions will not cause anxiety. And as we said before, not all anxiety has negative effects.
Get rid of anxiety - UNLOCK system
· Understand (Understand) - Find out the causes of anxiety, the symptoms and cycles it causes.
· Negative - let yourself clearly understand that anxiety is just an emotion, not a reality
· Use (Leverage) - consciously use anxiety to overcome it in reverse
· Openness (Openness) - open up your horizons , embrace more possibilities with a more open and positive attitude
· Compassion - Give yourself a little more sympathy and encouragement, don't criticize yourself too much
· Kindle (Kindle) - Use actions and changes to deal with current anxiety , changing the state of anxiety little by little
❤ Back to the original question, why do you become more anxious the harder you work? On the one hand, the competition given to us by the outside world puts us in a state of invisibly comparing ourselves with others. Dissatisfaction with oneself and dissatisfaction with others. But all stress will eventually come back to us.
The second is that our acceptance of pressure is too fragile. Effort is supposed to be an act, but instead it becomes a shield we use to get out of trouble. The real effort should be to act first, thus alleviating anxiety. Instead of thinking about taking action because you are anxious. Sometimes different motivations lead to different results.
So when you feel anxious because of your hard work, you might as well think about your motivation for hard work, and then use the UNLOCK system to adjust yourself.
