This is Your Brain on Stress
C. Camel on Jan 6th 2010
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Life is full of ups and downs, but rarely are any of these downs worth a complaint or a second thought. Why do we spend more time worrying about the downs and not celebrating the ups? Whether it is a bad test, bad haircut, or bad date, it’s not a big deal. Better luck next time. Get over it, and get on with your life.
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Anxiety is a disease and it’s airborne. It’s communicated through those who complain and over think things and it spreads from one person to the next until everyone is stressed out and their priorities are completely fucked up. Ever notice how everyone is always trying to trump everyone else with how hard they have it, who had the tougher commute, the worse sleep, the harder time getting out of bed? Keep your chin up folks. Life’s okay.
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Eventually, we’re probably going to have some serious shit to deal with (like the zombie apocalypse) that will make the little things we’ve been losing sleep over seem minuscule. Why wait for it? Get some sleep while the going is good. We’re the lucky ones, remember? We have food, clothes, and a roof over our head. On top of that we have luxury items like big screen TVs, bread makers, and high speed internet access. Luxury items are fine, just be aware you do not need them.
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Fettuccini, linguini, martini, bikini. A Slap-Chop will not fill the void in your life.
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Maybe that’s just it – we have it too easy so we have to invent problems in order to make our lives seem significant when really our impact on the world will probably be insignificant. When you’re stressed out step back for a second and say, “I’m not going to let a stubbed toe ruin my day.”
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I’m not pretending to be an optimist. I prefer to think of myself as a realist, and realistically we’re too uptight and confused as to what we really want out of life. Figure out what you need in life. NEED, not WANT. It’s the wants that make us forget we already have almost everything we need.
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So let’s do away with unneeded anxiety and start seeing our small issues for what they are. Don’t wait till you’re on your death bed to realize what matters in life, because by then it’s too late. Smile and go hug someone you love.
(For the Slap-Chop Remix – Click Here)
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Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mu-ah! big screen TVs, bread makers, and high speed internet access Never had them going up…. But I have them now!!!!
this song reminds me of your recent post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xzU9Qqdqww
are you indirectly speaking to me? lol..
You are full of widsom my dear friend…you have opened my eyes, again!
agreed – I don’t know if you watch the Daily Show but he was ripping into a segment Glenn Beck (Fox News right wing pundit/gold stock endorser) did on how America is currently going to hell, and how much worse things are today than they were say, 30 years ago – and then proceeded to play a Coke commercial in which big Joe Green throws a kid his jersey after the kid gives him a bottle of Coke. His point was to illustrate how it was a simpler, gentler, better time back then… completely ignoring the ugly truth of how bad things were, esp in the US. Which is funny, considering the standard of living (in North America anyway) is better than it has been in a long time, even though there is a growing gap between the rich and the poor.
In conclusion, I agree.
@Miss Renee P – No matter what we have, we always want more. It’s the American Paradox…isn’t it?
@Czech_Boy – Those lyrics do seem fitting, but please don’t make me listen to that again.
@RockinRuhul – I wish! Complete coincidence. I actually wrote this 5 or 6 years ago and retouched it a bit. Odd that I posted it on the day you said you lost some sleep over the possible, yet unlikely, complication of a chiropractic neck adjustment.
@Keirbot – The thing is, back then they probably had the exact same complaint about how things were better back then. It’s not back then, it’s now. Let’s deal with it.
Why can’t we just forget our problems and go for a soda? I think Kim Mitchell was on to something.