Acolyte Of Pan 666
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Now I will first say that this worked for me, results for you may differ.
I'm talking about chronic anxiety on "what ifs". My mind would constantly think about what ifs, various scenarios, usually negative ones. I'd imagine what I'd be told, how things could go about and so on. While this is advantageous in some respects, when out of control what this does is trigger stress in oneself.
What I found to be most effective in shutting this off is being in the present and the present only, leaving the mental realm and not visualising or imagining anything. This is an active endeavour as if you don't take control, the passivity takes over again and you may find yourself drifting mentally again, imagining all sorts of scenarios.
The brain can't tell the difference between fake and real scenarios, so it will get stressed regardless even if what you're imagining hasn't come to pass.
Visualising is essential for development, but I've reserved this for rituals, spells and meditation. In the day to day material life, you don't need to be imagining things all the time about what could go wrong.
This applies to many things. With approaching women for example, the stress is usually always in the mind and the brain is trained to avoid "threats". Humans are hardwired to not take rejection well and some can be more affected by this. Men who often have success with women don't imagine several scenarios of what could go wrong and then stress themselves out of approaching them, they just go and shoot their shot, and whatever happens happens.
This can also apply to other scenarios relating work, relationships and so on. There is an inverse extreme of this where you don't ever think before you say or do something which can lead to some bad scenarios. Balance is required but chronically dwelling on several what ifs is extremely unhealthy.
Remaining in the present and being grounded is paramound. Void meditation is a good way to practise this but also just engaging in any physical activity can shut off the chronic imagining brain. Exercise is important in this regard but simply walking can help too. Generally keeping the head empty unless needed is the best way to remain in a peaceful state and not unecessarily stress yourself out.
Avoiding chronic stress also raises testosterone.
Here there seems to be an invese correlation between IQ and testosterone. The lower the IQ the higher the testosterone. I believe this is due to low iq men generally being in a lower state of stress. The reason for this I believe is because low iq people, generally 90 and below, can't imagine conditional hypotheticals in either the past or future.
This is shown through the breakfeast question:
In short, those with lower IQs can't visualise hypotheticals and can only think of what actually happened in the past or are in the present moment and act on whatever they're feeling or thinking in the moment. This is why criminal men have on average lower IQ. I also believe this is why certain women see an appeal in criminal men as they have higher testosterone and therefore higher confidence. They're not dwelling on hypothetical futures which keeps their cortisol (stress hormone) low. Cortisol supressesses testoterone. Higher IQ men on the other hand can end up becoming way too careful to the point that they avoid interacting or taking any risks anymore.
This may be the reason behind "herbivore men" in Japan. They remain in their safe spaces and don't go outisde or talk to women anymore as their mind has made them over-stressed imagining all sorts of negative scenarios, which has paralysed them. This phenomenon is unheard of in nations with generally lower IQs, or even in Europe where on average the IQ is 5-10 points lower than in the East Asian nations.
For this reason, lower IQ men also take more risks as they just act rather than overthink and stress out. This can be quite benefitial in business but can also end quite badly in conflict scenarios or it could also lead to crime.
I'm not glorifying lower intelligence, just showing that the less you chronically dwell in your mind and think about a million potential negative futures, the lower your stress will be which will actually increase your confidence and make you get more things done. To low IQ people this comes naturally as they don't have a choice, but to those with average or higher intelligence a "switch of" is needed.
While this post is mainly focused on men, this definetly could help women as well. Chronic stress lowes intelligence, lifespan, vibration and generally everything. Reducing anxiety comes first with taking control of the mind and shutting off the flood of what ifs. Your mental state and life will improve dramatically as a result.
Hail Zeus.
I'm talking about chronic anxiety on "what ifs". My mind would constantly think about what ifs, various scenarios, usually negative ones. I'd imagine what I'd be told, how things could go about and so on. While this is advantageous in some respects, when out of control what this does is trigger stress in oneself.
What I found to be most effective in shutting this off is being in the present and the present only, leaving the mental realm and not visualising or imagining anything. This is an active endeavour as if you don't take control, the passivity takes over again and you may find yourself drifting mentally again, imagining all sorts of scenarios.
The brain can't tell the difference between fake and real scenarios, so it will get stressed regardless even if what you're imagining hasn't come to pass.
Visualising is essential for development, but I've reserved this for rituals, spells and meditation. In the day to day material life, you don't need to be imagining things all the time about what could go wrong.
This applies to many things. With approaching women for example, the stress is usually always in the mind and the brain is trained to avoid "threats". Humans are hardwired to not take rejection well and some can be more affected by this. Men who often have success with women don't imagine several scenarios of what could go wrong and then stress themselves out of approaching them, they just go and shoot their shot, and whatever happens happens.
This can also apply to other scenarios relating work, relationships and so on. There is an inverse extreme of this where you don't ever think before you say or do something which can lead to some bad scenarios. Balance is required but chronically dwelling on several what ifs is extremely unhealthy.
Remaining in the present and being grounded is paramound. Void meditation is a good way to practise this but also just engaging in any physical activity can shut off the chronic imagining brain. Exercise is important in this regard but simply walking can help too. Generally keeping the head empty unless needed is the best way to remain in a peaceful state and not unecessarily stress yourself out.
Avoiding chronic stress also raises testosterone.
Here there seems to be an invese correlation between IQ and testosterone. The lower the IQ the higher the testosterone. I believe this is due to low iq men generally being in a lower state of stress. The reason for this I believe is because low iq people, generally 90 and below, can't imagine conditional hypotheticals in either the past or future.
This is shown through the breakfeast question:
In short, those with lower IQs can't visualise hypotheticals and can only think of what actually happened in the past or are in the present moment and act on whatever they're feeling or thinking in the moment. This is why criminal men have on average lower IQ. I also believe this is why certain women see an appeal in criminal men as they have higher testosterone and therefore higher confidence. They're not dwelling on hypothetical futures which keeps their cortisol (stress hormone) low. Cortisol supressesses testoterone. Higher IQ men on the other hand can end up becoming way too careful to the point that they avoid interacting or taking any risks anymore.
This may be the reason behind "herbivore men" in Japan. They remain in their safe spaces and don't go outisde or talk to women anymore as their mind has made them over-stressed imagining all sorts of negative scenarios, which has paralysed them. This phenomenon is unheard of in nations with generally lower IQs, or even in Europe where on average the IQ is 5-10 points lower than in the East Asian nations.
For this reason, lower IQ men also take more risks as they just act rather than overthink and stress out. This can be quite benefitial in business but can also end quite badly in conflict scenarios or it could also lead to crime.
I'm not glorifying lower intelligence, just showing that the less you chronically dwell in your mind and think about a million potential negative futures, the lower your stress will be which will actually increase your confidence and make you get more things done. To low IQ people this comes naturally as they don't have a choice, but to those with average or higher intelligence a "switch of" is needed.
While this post is mainly focused on men, this definetly could help women as well. Chronic stress lowes intelligence, lifespan, vibration and generally everything. Reducing anxiety comes first with taking control of the mind and shutting off the flood of what ifs. Your mental state and life will improve dramatically as a result.
Hail Zeus.
