I loosely follow a number of wellness, health, inspiration, dating coaches and the subject they all regularly address:
Anxiety.

I never get that?
I have little to no anxiety so I cannot relate to it at all.
It only makes me wonder, "What the heck are people busy with?"
Anxiety is unhealthy, doesn't gel with happiness and love in life.

Now I have one big advantage over many others my age: I don't work.
That means I am far away from the ratrace that most people are stuck in 5 days a week.

What does strike me as odd, although it can be coincidence:
All bar one of these coaches are American. And the exception lives and works in LA and his clientele is mostly American.

Would that mean that Americans have more anxiety than other people?
I don't know.
Could be that America has more well-known coaches (that I happen to follow) and thus it appears that way.

Then again, watching movies & series, these do tell that many Americans struggle financially, especially when younger, to make ends meet, pay there schooling fees or those of their children. Often ending up having to work 2-3 jobs at the same time.

Gregg Braden, scientist & inspirational speaker, had a situation like that growing up. Dysfunctional family, father left, mother couldn't make ends meet, so as a young teenager he had to work in a factory while he was also going to school.
That is unheard of in The Netherlands.
We have quite the solid welfare system that would help such a family out so kids wouldn't have to work and sleep in the classroom.

In that sense I do think the US has more reason for people to have anxiety.


What do you think?
Do you come across a lot of anxiety in your environment, or maybe you yourself?
Are people quite stressed out where you live?
For me, whenever I see the next workshop or course on offer about anxiety it's "NEXT!!"
Not interested.
But it is sad that there obviously is a big market for that.
Says enough of how the masses live their lives, and that is truly sad.

Anxiety can take up a big portion of a persons life,
there are no limits.

I do not suffer from it much, any more, as you age
it is easy to see that you can extend that
suffering exponentially by dwelling on it..for
a long time.

Now I wait, let life unfold before I start to
stress, most times it evens itself out.

I can see a big pharma presence for such a non-
specific illness, one has only to say they have it.

Though it is real, I find it manageable.