“Kierkegaard once claimed that anxiety is our “best teacher.” He was correct, to a point. By underscoring the tensions in our minds and goading us to action, anxiety does indeed teach us. But as the chronic sufferer discovers, the best teacher is not anxiety itself but the ceaseless, lifelong effort to think clearly and act well in spite of it. It would take me 10 years, six therapists and countless hours of self-torment to see this.”
Daniel B. Smith, The Maniac in Me
ahhh shit! also very relevant re: social justice/learning abt privilege (@quinn)
