In: Psychology
What does existential anxiety mean to you? How did you deal with this kind of anxiety in your life?
Existential anxiety refers to anxiety or unease which is related to meaning, freedom or choice of life. It becomes a basic characteristics and reflect experience if being threatened. It refers to any kind of phobia. For eg. Phobia of heights, phobia of lifts.
I had anxiety about doing household chores or work when even when my baby was small. I used to feel very anxious when the house was not being cleaned. I started realising that these feelings and why am I unable to cope up with situation around.
Hence sometimes I told my mind that it is ok if house is unclean. Let us ignore it, it is ok when you don't cook and order food. I had to work purposely ba lot on myself. I started exercising, did yoga. Read a lot about meditation. Told myself to follow bthis lifestyle instead constantly working like a donkey. Then slowly my mind became peaceful. I started taking a cup of coffee, started reading a book.