I personally think it's actually safer and almost even necessary to have slight anxiety. Not a lot of it, but a little bit.
Honestly, just a thought of having no anxiety at all... gives me anxiety... because I've learned too many times in life that I need to be alert.
To me… It's just too dangerous to be completely without any anxiety or alertness. Too many people have ill and malicious intent! We have too many narcissist, sadists, pedophiles, rapists, energy vampires, sociopaths, psychopaths, bullies, etc. also, a lot of people… A lot of people do a lot of terrible things for no good reason at all.
One of the biggest life lessons I've ever learned is "expect the unexpected"... A lot of times when people say "the odds of that happening are really low"when someone expresses something that they're worried about... however… Statistically, the odds of a lot of things that have happened to me in many people that I know were also very low.
I've also encountered a lot of very terrible and morally corrupt people in my life people with no self-awareness, no desire to change, no empathy, no accountability, nothing! I'm talking about the people that like the cause harm and mischief for absolutely no reason at all.
You would never believe some of the terrible things that people have done to me (and also terrible things people have done to other people that I know) for absolutely no reason at all.
Obviously anxiety is something a lot of people struggle with, and too much of it is crippling and very unpleasant. Obviously… You can't have too much anxiety… If it's getting into the point that it's crippling you, to where you're unable to leave your home, to where it's getting in the way of your responsibilities, or you're about to have a panic attack... that's obviously an issue when you need to take steps and use skills to ease that level of anxiety when it gets to that extreme.
However, in my life experience ... with everything I've been through, personally I've been given more than enough reasons to not let my guard down or not be alert.
I make a lot of safety decisions based on hypothetical scenarios... just because the thought of something that could potentially happen came into my mind… Just to worry about alone made me take safety precautions. But that's also because I've actually had REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES... and when I imagine those scary hypothetical scenarios, and those things I imagine people potentially doing… When I think of some people that I know… It's definitely not beneath them to do that. so it makes me take safety precautions and move safely.
All these activities and resources that help these people's anxiety and relax them... I think they're great, but I also think you should be mindful of how much of that you partake in or consume. Because you don't wanna get so relax at the point, you have no alertness at all.
In my opinion… minimal anxiety is absolutely necessary. Again obviously not an overwhelming amount.... but honestly… I think we all need a little bit because of the alertness it provides us with the safety precautions we can take.
There are just too many evil people with ill and malicious intent to not have any anxiety.
Posted Jun 3, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC