Realization that helped me with anxiety

[madeup]

This may not work for many of you but I remember it being a big moment in my life.

One lonely night, I walked outside into the cold and looked up at the sky and saw the stars... I hadn't looked at the night sky in a long time and I don't know what propelled me to do it but when I got a look at that giant black open space with little white stars peppered all over, I just was blown away by a realization...

I realized that I was an infinitely small part of the universe and that my actions and even my entire life was just plain insignificant in comparison to the objects I could see way out there in space.

I think a lot of my anxiety comes from feeling like every little thing I do wrong or avoid or whatever is this big deal but it's really not... Nothing I could ever do is comparable to whats going on out there in the universe. I'm a spec pretending to to screw up all these important things that are in actuality just ridiculously insignificant.

That's not to say that I don't care about anything anymore but when I get hit with some anxiety I remember this and it often subsides.

 

[Fairy001]

I have thought this too, I am in the grand scale of things smaller than a pin head. When I first realised this, I became very depressed and cut my wrists. I was then in a psyche unit for a year.

Interesting, the same thought made me feel I didn't matter, so I could cease to exist. That said I was psychotic at the time.

Glad those thoughts help you though.

Peace xxx

 

[madeup]

Wow, it's fascinating that the same thought can cause one person so much grief while it causes the other to feel so liberated.

 

[Hylke]

Indeed, it was the thought that made me decide to go and study physics. Because no matter what I did, it wouldn't do me any good in the long run, but honouring and exploring the beauty of nature is what I want to do.

 

[SpartanEL]

This sort of thinking has also helped me at times as well.

 

[no1]

I dunno, this sort of thinking had me thinking worse, and better in a way. I guess it depends on the way you look at it.

 

[bronco]

i get caught up in my own anxieties and focus on them, they become worse. im going on a boating holiday to get away from things. will be looking for a nice clear night to gaze at the universe out there.

 

[freestylemonster]

Thanks for this post! It really made me feel a bit better like even though I think the people in my class hate me, There's an entire Universe that doesn't even know I exist and nothing I could ever do would ever cause any impact on the Universe at all

I guess I could take that and think "I'll never make an impact so why even bother living??" But I choose to think "I'll never make an impact so I can do whatever I want!!!"