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If I can take a guess I would say that anxiety is like hunger, it's the absence of self-confidence. Anxiety doesn't have to be removed but confidence increased.
Yeah, that's not really how anxiety works not even sort of. Anxiety is generally a trauma response, and it takes a lot of therapy to fix that, and by fix, I mean reduce. Anxiety doesn't usually just disappear completely either.
How would you define trauma?
To me trauma is a forced decision where you have to deny yourself. Then the anxiety comes from the expectation that the self will be denied again.
If this is slightly correct then an increase in the sustainability of the self should reduce anxiety.
A common example of trauma is domestic abuse (child abuse, partner abuse, etc.) Another is a combat veteran who has suffered the ravages of war during their tour of duty. Both of these types of trauma can cause anxiety and/or PTSD.
Maybe don't "take a guess" at how mental illnesses work when there are tons of studies and experts that know better.
Do they, if there is a drug pandemic? Not an argument that I know better, just some doubt into those experts and studies that they have figured it out.
If there were answers, people wouldn't ask here.
Buddy, stop "casting doubt" about shit you know nothing about. You aren't "just asking questions" you are actively insulting people with health issues.
Knowing the cause isn't the same as knowing the cure. We know what causes cancer, but we still can't cure it.
I'm not sure where you're going with "drug pandemic". Are you taking about opioid addiction?
Yes, opioid addiction but not entirely ignoring the others.
Your comment is every bit as nuanced and informed as I expected it to be.
Research on drugs is one thing, it's another to convince politicians they should go productively about it
Well, scientists have studied this stuff, so you don't need to guess. Anxiety is caused by trauma, not low self-confidence. However, anxiety can decrease your self-confidence, and increased confidence can lower your anxiety, so the two are linked.
What a terrible take. Both insulting, uneducated and patronising.
This is not how mental illness works.
I'd go ahead and say the cause is likely related to BPA/BPS compounds in plastics. And the exposure of pregnant women to those compounds.
But ya know, that's just me.
Edit: lol at downvotes, this is newish research. A lot of new information has landed literally in the last week. I sincerely advise keeping an eye on it as research ramps up.
I've posted a couple of papers below, one old, one new. As well as a link to an article that does a good job of summarising where our understanding is currently at.
Or, ya know, child abuse.