This is going to be an increasingly important question. I’m feeling this too. It’s not bad yet, but I want more ways to cope in a healthy and productive way. So here’s a couple of thoughts for now.
Thinking about impermanence (death) can sharpen appreciation of moments and small pleasures.
More generally, one way to fight anxiety and sadness is by increasing happiness and joy.
There are many ways to do this; here’s what has worked for me: cultivating my capacity for joy and appreciation. Unkind comparisons are the thief of joy, but kind comparisons (to the physically and usually emotionally worse situations that most of humanity has lived in for most of history) really work for me to generate joy. I combine this with trying to find the physical/emotional sensation of happiness and bringing it to mind while thinking “how marvelous!” about whatever mundane/magical thing I’m contemplating. The world is full of beauty and profundity if you spend actual time looking for it.
This is going to be an increasingly important question. I’m feeling this too. It’s not bad yet, but I want more ways to cope in a healthy and productive way. So here’s a couple of thoughts for now.
Thinking about impermanence (death) can sharpen appreciation of moments and small pleasures.
More generally, one way to fight anxiety and sadness is by increasing happiness and joy.
There are many ways to do this; here’s what has worked for me: cultivating my capacity for joy and appreciation. Unkind comparisons are the thief of joy, but kind comparisons (to the physically and usually emotionally worse situations that most of humanity has lived in for most of history) really work for me to generate joy. I combine this with trying to find the physical/emotional sensation of happiness and bringing it to mind while thinking “how marvelous!” about whatever mundane/magical thing I’m contemplating. The world is full of beauty and profundity if you spend actual time looking for it.
FWIW.