Tag: existing

Others: the fear that keeps us caged.

November 26 0 comments Article anxiety, Relationships, Self-discovery

Fear of others and fear of self

It seems that everyone I meet fears “others”: what “others” might say, or think, or how they will judge us. I think we’re socialized to have this fear. Not everyone feels it the same way or to the same degree, but most of us experience it. Read More

Looking for happiness in all the wrong places.

November 20 0 comments Article Self-discovery

Lots of people believe that success, achievement, and material possessions make them happy. While these may improve their quality of living, the pleasure of acquiring them comes with a fear of loss, and with it, pain. If this is so, what we experience when this happens is a form of conditional contentment…fleeting and ephemeris. The Read More

Depression: walking the fine line of existing and dying.

November 17 0 comments Article depression, Self-discovery

“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.” There is a very fine line between life and death, especially for the depressed. How many times has this thought enter your mind? You want the pain to end: you don’t want to live and you don’t want to die Read More