Inner Anxiety

Anxiety is similar to a medical outbreak in society, once you hear about it then you might begin to worry if you have it. Stand on your own two feet and have a talk with yourself about anxiety. That talk should involve how you are feeling about an anxious feeling you're
having, how, why, where and when did it begin.
Do not accept some crazy idea from anyone;
and have that much needed heart-to-heart talk
with G D. Both you and G D know yourself better than anyone else or any hearsay. Never
allow anxiety to take hold of your precious life. Reply

What does one do if one is anxious despite living a life full of Torah and Mitzvot? Reply

Inner Struggle Each person lives in his inner world composed of his education, character, inclinations and opinions.
Then there is a special desire that awakens and he yearns for the root of his soul.

To alleviate this struggle between the material world and spiritual world, a new system of education is needed to teach us how to rise above our differences in order to connect our thoughts, desires, and intentions to attain the highest value of connection in groups of 10. Then we create a vessel to reveal the Light
This Light will spread beyond as 10 become 1, then 100 becomes 1 soul, etc. This is how the patriarchs opened the door to a higher world. The material world calms down. Reply

Please be cautious in giving this advice. I am the mother to a beautiful 14yo daughter who has a generalised anxiety disorder as well as autism. There is nothing about her external character that is conflicting her inner self. She has been this way since a baby. Along side this we have a disorder called pyroluria in our family, this imbalance leads to anxious feelings. Finally my young son is recovering from OCD ( through gut healing ). Your article does not pertain to him either.

I have found a clean diet and spiritual growing in myself has helped immensely in my own anxiety. Talking to G-d helps calm my creeping anxiety almost every time, and the rest of the time the supplements I take help.

Anxiety is a very broad term, and those of us who suffer with it do so through no volition of our own many times! Reply

For anonymous in Melbourne It seemed to me the letter was a subtle suggestion to the woman who received it that she should start keeping kosher, along with other mitzvahs. Reply

Sensitive Soul Thank you Rabbi. Does the Rebbe give some advice for the sensitive souls that cannot cope with the inconsistency of their life circumstances which are beyond their control and their neshoma which cannot find adequate expression? Reply

Inner Anxiety I absolutely did not know what you talked about for two days. Then it seems like this to me: there is my inner self, my essential self, the intended self the L-rd has for me. When I do not live up to that self, there is a conflict causing anxiety. This must mean I have inert goodness of G-dly nature in me from birth. Well, rabbi, this is a yes-no point for me. Yes, a child is innocent. No, I become bad nobody has to teach me! Yes, anxiety is the absence of peace. No, I prefer not to trust my own effort, but ever hope the Prince of Peace overtakes me! Reply

chasidus From what I am learning, it seems that studying Chasidus may pave the way to the inner bliss we are all searching for...I hope so, then I will bottle it and give it away and bring the Moshicach!!! thanks!! Reply

Being Bigger than your challenges In the past I found myself anxious or depressed when I made myself smaller than my challenges. When I thought to myself I am bigger than any challenge that is thrown at me, it was almost like a reminder that Hashem was there and I was never alone. I could then cope with anything thrown at me. During challenging situations, times of despair and darkness it is easy to forget that there is something bigger than us that is always walking along side us. What I found useful was that if I ever get scared, anxious, depressed, I say to myself, hey mini me, & that quickly reminds me of the fact that I should make myself bigger than any challenge that I am faced with. After all, like everyone out there, I must be special, as the ulmightly wouldnt grace his footsteps if I wasnt, everywhere I go. Just becuase I may in my anxiety temporarily forget he is there, doesnt mean i'm alone. You should try it sometime and watch what miracles fold before you. Tame your anxiety and you will find inner peace. Reply

Fear, stress I recently read that we have no right to inflict damage to our bodies. Stress, we know is very hard on the body. Therefore it seems an upright thing to do is realize we have no right to fear, other than over our own sins of which we can make amends for and ask for forgiveness for and move on. In Talmud, we are also encouraged to look for the sins that are the most likely the reasons for our situation that is causing us discomfort. B"H for our discomforts aka communications from Hashem for course correction and/or trials that earn us reward. Reply

External character or external environment?Part 1 Or both?

This is something to think about because the external character is identical to the external environment. (Although emotionally and intellectually I do realize that, in practice, in the day by day process, that’s not so easy, because we * live* and while living, not always is possible to keep analyzing. Analyzing and living are two opposites quite difficult to unite.)
It takes time to refine the inner character in order the external to change, or at least to be gone from one's own life.
Sometimes (or often) we are born in a familiar enviroment that shapes our external character in a less or more conflicting way with our inner character since such environment is impure and incompatible to the purity of one's soul, and it is in such external environment that one must perform the cleaning job-both internal and external. Reply

this is quite true, however the people that need this message wouldn't understand it as it is written nor be receiving it. All you rabbis, psychologists/therapists/LMHC/ teachers and social workers etc out there, slip this in to your message. It is hard for the rest of us to deliver this message because unsolicited advice is rarely heeded. Reply

nuances of the soul... So what can be done? Most try to make a living yet in such a rich country it is most difficult. Some hate to move; yet are forced to to make a living...
Being spiritual in the face of these and other challenges is a lofty goal and pursuit.
It seems what one can do is to pursue the best path possible in personal terms and hope that G-d will "do more" to make life more joyful, pleasant, satisfying, and......(fill in). Reply

response Thank you so much for that distillation, Rabbi.
I understand my own inner disquiet better now.
When able to be with others while worshiping in Temple, the prayers, even just being with "my own kind" washed away the anxieties that seem to always define us/me.
Understanding leads me to desire that inner balance all the more. Reply

That's true ,Rabbi Aval...ma laasot?
Sometimes (or most of the time) we have to deal with situations that are not the ideal, that are not those compatible to our souls.
Actually, most people live with such contradictions all their lives. It is a long, long way to reach that conclusion and prepare the way without those "troubles”. Maybe that's one's destiny...Is that the destiny of all? Reply

the most helpful daily dose thank ÿou for this. its so true it räng my head like a phone call. I will send it to as many people as possible. Reply

Response to 'Inner Anxiety' There have been so many mornings when I click on the 'Daily Dose,' amazed with its ability to precisely get to the heart of what is essential, and essentially brewing inside of me. Today's 'Daily Dose' effected such a response in me!

I wonder how many of us feel something consistently irking us, not fully aware that it relates to a disharmony between who we truly are inside of ourselves and how we present ourselves to the outside world.

Today, more than ever, when there is so much darkeness and confusion in the world, the Jew needs to be in tune with his/her 'neshama'---realizing that it exists, coming to learn more about it, and just being open to listen to its sounds...

In that journey, he/she is sure to realize the sense of peace, contrary to that sense of inner anxiety, that every human being so desperately seeks. Reply

Anxiety Barring a chemical imbalance, which throws off perspective, being open to allowing light and beauty to be seen helps to bridge inner/outer life.
Rabbi Freeman thank you for the pearls of wisdom you provide to us. Reply

Inner Anxiety Right on target. Thank you for that one. Reply