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Heart and Brain on #anxiety vs distraction
https://tinyview.com/heart-and-brain/2023/06/13/distraction?_branch_match_id=1369790840034221225&utm_source=tinyview&utm_campaign=viral&utm_medium=app&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXL85PzkzM0SvJzKssy0wt10vOz9V39irwKw3wqHRyTLKvK0pNSy0qysxLj08qyi8vTi2ydc4oys9NBQBamAvOQQAAAA%3D%3D
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Because anxiety without hope turns into despair. We all need something to convince us it’s worth getting out of bed in the morning. And we need to, as Sam Gamgee puts it, hang onto the idea that there’s some good in the world, and it’s worth fighting for.
https://www.cracked.com/podcast/17-exciting-happy-news-stories-more-people-should-hear/
I stumbled on a reference to this story recently. Just as fascinating this time as when I first read it.
TL;DR: Apparitions & anxiety in a lab are traced to infrasound from a fan producing a standing wave resonating at the frequency of the human eye. Vic Tandy went on to investigate whether the same waves were present in at least some sites with haunted reputations.
He died in 2005. I couldn’t find much follow-up research in a quick search.
Ghost buster: Chris Arnot explains why Vic Tandy of Coventry University is doing time in a cellar
Telling people to ignore/power through depression/anxiety/etc. is like telling them to ignore low battery alerts. Even if it works for a while, they’ll eventually crash. Workarounds are like battery saver mode: helpful, but not as good as fixing the app drain, battery or charger.
Advice on dealing with email without letting it take over. I do some of these already: I use filters to pre-classify a lot, and I’ve pared down notifications to only the most critical. But it’s still a struggle to keep on top of it sometimes. Some of the other suggestions look like they’ll be helpful.
Does your inbox constantly beg for attention? Do you suffer from always-on inbox anxiety? Email can easily take over your life—especially if you’re running a business. If that’s happening, it’s…