Comments on: The Pressure of High Anxiety http://pjmedia.com/blog/the_pressure_of_high_anxiety/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David http://pjmedia.com/blog/the_pressure_of_high_anxiety/#comment-14222 David Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:58:08 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-pressure-of-high-anxiety/#comment-14222 Rourke nails it here: "We live in a time when it is unfashionable to tell others, or to admit to oneself, that not everyone gets what they think they deserve." Rourke nails it here:

“We live in a time when it is unfashionable to tell others, or to admit to oneself, that not everyone gets what they think they deserve.”

]]> By: Assistant Village Idiot http://pjmedia.com/blog/the_pressure_of_high_anxiety/#comment-14221 Assistant Village Idiot Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:09:01 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-pressure-of-high-anxiety/#comment-14221 I believe that our level of anxiety or depression is hard-wired into us. If we do not have starvation or danger to worry us, we worry about whatever is next up on the list. This level of restlessness may actually have survival value in priming alertness and problem-solving behavior. Alternatively, it may be as simple as the fact that we get less sleep than earlier eras - just under two hours a night less than our ancestors would have. Either way, the point of the essay is correct: <i>you</i> ordered it, <i>you</i> eat it. I believe that our level of anxiety or depression is hard-wired into us. If we do not have starvation or danger to worry us, we worry about whatever is next up on the list. This level of restlessness may actually have survival value in priming alertness and problem-solving behavior.

Alternatively, it may be as simple as the fact that we get less sleep than earlier eras – just under two hours a night less than our ancestors would have.

Either way, the point of the essay is correct: you ordered it, you eat it.

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