If you tend to avoid anxiety-provoking situations, perhaps you remain hopeful that one day you will overcome your fears. For now, though, you continue to tell yourself that you just aren’t ‘ready’ and will try ‘next time’.
How has 2020 impacted anxiety levels in Shanghai, China? Data from Community Center Shanghai suggests anxiety-related issues are on the rise.
Data from Community Center Shanghai suggest anxiety and stress are on the rise in Shanghai, China.
In a previous article, I described how the habit of avoiding anxiety-provoking situations can not only prevent growth, it can exacerbate weaknesses. Honnold’s story is fascinating, in part, because unlike the typical ‘anxious avoider’, his aversion to strangers actually facilitated his climbing mastery.