Imagine you were about to go to the airport to go on a tropical vacation when you suddenly felt so excited that you almost died. The whole time you’re driving to the airport, your heart feels like it’s racing in your chest, your hands are sweaty, and your vision is blurry. Isn’t that a very exciting story?
but Renowned therapist Brené Brownis quoted as saying, “Anxiety and excitement feel the same, but how you interpret and label it determines how you experience it.” The quote is from her book. ”atlas of the heart”, Brown explores the 87 different emotions and experiences that make up the human experience.
This quote is meant to be inspirational. Upworthy social media pages And people have some distinction between anxiety and excitement, and they want Brown to know that. Their complaints were hilarious and justified.
One commenter wrote: “Cool so next time tell your body you’re having an excitement attack and not a panic attack because you’ll feel better if you put a label on it.”
Is this kind of anxiety sold somewhere? Maybe Amazon also has it? The level of positive thinking and self-talk required to convince yourself that your anxiety is just excitement seems like an Olympic-level sport. If it were as simple as a short quote would be believable, perhaps people wouldn’t have to go to the hospital unnecessarily.
“If it excites me to be rushed to the hospital crying in pain, then I’d like to experiment with anxiety like hers. Can’t say I’m excited about it,” someone else jokes.
“She’s on board with it. Anxiety never looks like excitement. Excitement feels like excitement!!!!,” another declared.
“Well, I’m not going to pass out from excitement,” one person wrote.
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A woman wearing an orange long-sleeved shirt sitting on the floor
Well, Juror Brené definitely do not have I’m out on this one. People cannot be sure that anxiety and excitement are the same. Although Brown’s quotes are often shared in this short form, it is important to remember that they are from entire chapters of the entire book. Quoting it completely in context is much more likely to convey more meaning.
