>>33279337>Dunno if its wishful thinking but I'd rather not get hurt to stop of being afraid of being hurt. Sorta defeats the purpose.Yes it does defeat the purpose. That's the point. You want catastrophic thinking to be defeated, yes? So you defeat it's purpose by allowing it to defeat itself.
I admit it's not the most elegant solution. Hell, it's even a bit reckless. But for all the blows and impacts I took, I at least grew stronger. Now when bad shit happens, I know exactly what to do. I know how to react, I know when not to react, I know how to navigate through Hell whenever it's time to plunge back in. Which yes means I am desensitized. I lost a few core feelings along the way. But I at least know how to protect what I got left and also how to protect those I love. I think it's a fair trade.
>What else is there left to stop sperging out?Read "At last a life" by Paul David. Written by a normies, in fact a low IQ normie. He writes like an imbecile. But don't be fooled by it. Dude is actually very wise. He's just an average guy who caught severe anxiety later in life. Went to shrinks and took meds and nothing fixed it. He has very little to relate to autists or spergs. He is a normie who caught normie anxiety for normie shallow reasons.
But he found the key. He finally figured it out and he tells it in his book. He tells it and retells it repeatedly in a bad writing fashion to the point the reader had to get it through their thick skull too.
The key is simple: You can't beat anxiety. Stop trying to beat anxiety. You cannot win. Admit defeat. Let anxiety happen. Then as if by magic, anxiety leaves you alone. That's the trick.
He explains it in 100 diff ways and analogies to make more sense of it. But it works. Anxiety is a speeding car. You got two choices: take the hit and lay down. Or keep trying to get up and push it back. Pick the first option. Cuz then it speeds off and you get back up sooner. If you try to fight it, you prolong it.
