A conversation with Sarah Wilson // Wed. 11 May // 7pm AEST

They have the gift of being solely in the present - so no fretting about the consequences - plus (my kid at least) does't really care that much. That's a very liberating place to make a decision from. It's quite exhilarating just being around it!

@Sarah108, to answer your question about engagement with creativity, yes, I can spend many hours on it in a real flow of engagement that abates anxiety and even thoughts about the self really.

I wonder about the relationship btw the two.
Have you had both (together or diff stages in your life)? What’s worse?

In Reasons To Stay Alive, Matt Haig writes “Adding anxiety to depression is a bit like adding c#caine to alcohol. It presses fast-forward on the whole experience.”

What about you?

Hi @Sarah108

my hubby said that the mental health team tried to help him with cbt tools, but when anxiety hits everything else goes out the window

to the kids thing @Former-Member @Former-Member ...less fear of what?

less fear of getting anything wrong.. making a bad choice...

in the right enviroment , they have less fear of rejection @Sarah108

I looked after children for 25 years

and now i have 4 adult step children

One of the things I've observed is that depression will often follow acute anxiety (connected to the narrowing down of life to avoid triggers) but it doesn't flow in the opposite direction in the same way. Living with depression doesn't seem to create the same precursors for anxiety in the way that anxiety can do for depression.

Does that make sense to anyone?