How to Turn Anxiety Into Excitement

Sometimes excitement can feel more like anxiety, and it turns out that they aren't that unrelated. Understanding the automatic reaction in our brains and changing our interpretation of the source might help us actually turn that anxiety into excitement.

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[Im-Not-a-Dog]

The girl in the thumbnail looks like she turned anxiety into mania.

[oddrey]

Brb, gotta go walk across a rickety bridge with my crush

[Ole_Rasmussen]

This video's timing is oddly appropriate. I have a big driving test tomorrow and I needed to hear this.

[jagzcat]

When I'm starting to feel dread or frustration from work, I used to start finding myself thinking about how much I hated my job and almost repeat it like a mantra in my head, to "get through it." But a couple weeks ago I stopped myself from thinking that way and instead tried telling myself that I love my job and enjoy doing it. And what do you know, it helped a ton. I started feeling more excited about it and working overtime because I was having so much fun.
I didn't really know why it worked, but this video gave me the answer I didn't know I needed. Thanks!!

[fennecfoxfanatic]

Oh so that's why people perceive me as excited by everything. It was anxiety all along :D

[aceofacez]

I think of Anxiety and Excitement as 2 sides of a coin. We need to be stimulated a little bit to feel engaged in a task, but too much stimulation leaves us tired and anxious.

[prescott]

I think most people are born with this ingrained into their mind. But people seem to lose this ability to change their understanding of the situation. I used to just tell myself i was excited, rather than anxious. But now i have very bad anxiety issues, and i can’t just tell myself “you’re excited” my Brain just goes back in itself like “nah you know you’re scared af rn”

[mlpresley]

I'm an anxious person. When I was a kid my mother used to always remind me that I was simply an enthusiastic and excited girl. She encouraged me to accept the nervous feelings I had, and taught me to channel those feelings into positive emotions. It's funny how effective that was for me.

[thistle]

I hate it when people use the whole appraisal thing to tell u ‘just stop being sad’ sooo frustrating

[beskamir]

I'm always excited by my inevitable failure.

[ryanbranigan]

Yeah, "fake it till ya make it" is real & works. Its the same when standing tall and in a power pose before an interview, despite actually being very nervous you come off the opposite and actually are.

[maryy]

Next video: How to turn depression into happiness

[matchanavi]

Mistaking fear as love huh? I wonder how much that relates to abusive relationships.
Or maybe Sadomasochism kinks too?

[carpo]

Mental transmutation. It's as ancient as philosophy. It's too bad so many people aren't aware of it.

They say you are what you eat which is true, but you are what you think even more so

[DrumWild]

I used to suffer anxiety about the prospect of going broke, homeless, and starving on the streets, before dying of exposure. But thanks to this video, I am now excited about my future. Thanks!

[BryceNolen]

This idea literally changed my life growing up. When I was getting ready for my first speech ever, with my schools speech team, my coach asked if I was “scared or excited”. She then asked me to turn that extra energy (making me shake and sweat with anxiety) into file to project my voice and increase my stage presence. It actually somehow worked. I still get anxious about public speaking to this day, but use the way I THINK about the anxiety to try and redirect it into positive energy.

It doesn’t work all the time but that one event in high school has helped me so much in life.

[gravijta]

Anxiety: Heating chicken nuggets in the microwave for 60 seconds

Excitement: "Beep! Beep! Beep!"

[openyoureyes]

Anxiety and anxiety disorders are not the same problem, wish that was pointed out scishow

[gyohza]

4:11

That's it, I'm through with it. I'm having my amygdala removed.

[W.Rain.]

I wonder how women would have reacted in the bridge experiment 🤔