Angst is subjective ergo I discarded it

Aujourd’hui, le bonheur est comme un crime de droit commun – ne l’avouez jamais. Ne dites pas, sans penser du mal d’un génie, « je suis heureux », car immédiatement vous verrez autour de vos lèvres votre condamnation. »

  

If one finds themselves in a state of angst, they are responsible for it and for being in that state.

As the Stoics have taught me, it is not what happens to me, but how I respond to it that matters. As Marcus Aurelius has said in his Meditations, 'Today I escaped the state of angst,' and then goes on to correct himself, saying, 'No, I discarded angst.'

Like many people, I spent years trying to overcome and escape angst, but all I needed was a little apprenticeship. In December 2022, I already knew that to master something, I  have to learn from people who are further than me in that thing and have actually dealt with angst, ergo,  the Stoics. They have the knowledge of handling angst, ergo came the thought that entlek in stressful demand situations, I made a twofold cognitive appraisal😀: an appraisal of the event (primary appraisal) and, at the same time, an appraisal of resources (secondary appraisal). This process, which did not necessarily have to occur consciously to me, typically ended with a category of evaluation such as challenge, threat, or harm/loss. I would say I am in a state of angst, then results when a threat emerges as the dominant category of appraisal would then reign me. Ka bonorr nerh mahn I literally put myself in this "angst", but what's life without Whimsy?

 It was not the critical situations themselves that triggered my angst years ago, but my subjective interpretations, ergo the need to incorporate Carpe diem, Amor fati, Memento mori, Sapere Aude, mens sana in corpore sano and divide et impera, and most importantly

I imagined Sisyphus happy.

DANKII MDALIIII

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