anxiety Archives

Stone-Age Minds in a Digital World: Stress & Anxiety

In the journey of human evolution, our minds have raced ahead, grappling with intricate thoughts and complex communication. While our societies have evolved, our biology, rooted in survival instincts, hasn’t kept pace. Despite dwelling in bustling cities, our minds, wired for foraging threats, face a new challenge—anxiety. The blog unravels the impact of this evolutionary mismatch on our mental health, emphasizing strategies to navigate anxiety in the modern world. It elucidates the intertwined nature of fear, anxiety, and cognition, proposing actionable steps, including breathing exercises, for effective anxiety management.

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

This blog isn’t a generic “social media is bad” argument. It’s my synthesis of The Anxious Generation and how the book explains the major shifts in childhood, the gender differences in how teens are affected, and the disappearance of real-world structures like play and rites of passage. Once you see how childhood was redesigned, the mental-health trends stop looking random.

Time: The Only Thing We Can Control When We Feel Stuck

Ever feel like time speeds up as you age? Watching kids grow and experiencing fewer personal changes can lead to a quarter-life or midlife crisis. I’ve found that recognising we only have one life shifts our perspective. Embracing time as our ally and focusing on internal fulfilment rather than external achievements can transform our experience and fill the void left by life’s rush.

Tag: anxiety

Stone-Age Minds in a Digital World: Stress & Anxiety

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Time: The Only Thing We Can Control When We Feel Stuck