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You Are Not Going To Die

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Perspective-shifting thoughts, art, and tips around anxiety, stress, and fear. By Chelsea Larsson - subscribe to the newsletter on Substack. yangtd.substack.com

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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Everything is temporary
Situational thinking to battle the fear of permanence
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
External reassurance will never satiate the anxious mind. Every "you're fine" comes with an invisible asterisk that anxiety is happy to explain. open.substack.com/pub/yangtd/p...
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Reassurance is a drink that makes you thirsty
Don't build your house on quicksand
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Like a car alarm down the street or a blaring game on someone else’s phone, anxiety distracts us from where we actually want to be. It steals focus. So we must steal it back. open.substack.com/pub/yangtd/p...
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It’s a wonderful life
Anxiety clouds our vision and our reality
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Here’s a gift guide that will calm down your nervous system instead of ramping you into a shopping fit. open.substack.com/pub/yangtd/p...
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Special issue: Self-gift guide
Your presence is the present this season
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Just remembering when I thought I didn’t have anxiety but was simply adept at creating 1 to 1000 contingency plans for any and all occurrence in my life. #anxiety
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
If “Wonderful Christmastime” is played in my presence I will immediately have to leave the room/city/state. It is the unrelenting mosquito of Christmas songs.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
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Kristina Halvorson @halvorson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
ALL THE TIME.
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Small-mindedness is real. When your consciousness is penned in by the hard fences of prejudice, jealousy, hate, dogma etc… your thoughts are stuck, pacing the borders. And so are you. open.substack.com/pub/yangtd/p...
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Layers of existence
Where are you living right now?
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Your mental state affects your feelings which affects your thoughts which creates your reality. I like to use this chart to help me figure out my mental state: open.substack.com/pub/yangtd/p... #anxiety #mentalhealth #wellness
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
For all my health anxiety pals, this looks like a good one from @cacrampton.bsky.social @npr.org: www.npr.org/2024/12/05/g...
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Stay away from Dr. Google, and other lessons learned about hypochondria
Caroline Crampton developed excessive health anxiety after being treated for cancer as a teen. In A Body Made of Glass she chronicles her experience with hypochondria and the history of the condition.
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svgerard.bsky.social @svgerard.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I'm turning to Matt Haig for comfort right about now
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Your life is a field trip. Maybe one you didn’t sign up for but you’re here until the bus leaves. It doesn’t go to plan, not at all. It’s beautiful. Just when you are getting the hang of the day, it’s time to go. yangtd.substack.com/p/life-is-a-...
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Life is a field trip
Here's your permission slip to do more exploring and less enduring
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
When life feels like one long chore, take this perspective instead. #mentalhealth #anxiety #illustration yangtd.substack.com/p/life-is-a-...
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Life is a field trip
Here's your permission slip to do more exploring and less enduring
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Y'all I know the future can look bleak but rest in the fact that we have no way to know exactly what the future holds. Don't get lost in fear fiction. #anxiety #mentalhealth #elections
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Fear is a wannabe fortune teller - subscribe to my newsletter for fear-busting writing, art, and tips. yangtd.substack.com/p/fear-is-a-...
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Fear is a wannabe fortune teller
Don’t call 1-800-got-fear to find out what's next
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
#elections #anxiety #calm #art
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Helping others is a fast way to help yourself too.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 01/01/2024
Want to take some of the anxiety out of 2024? Start by stop trying to do everything, says Oliver Burkeman www.ft.com/content/426b...
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Nathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 30/10/2024
Oliver Burkeman on not freaking out (so much) in the run-up to the US election (or choose something else to not freak out so much about) ckarchive.com/b/38uphkho8g...
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The Imperfectionist: How not to freak out about the US election
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
'This is why I became a writer. I discovered that words and stories provided maps of sorts, ways of finding your way back to yourself. I truly believe in the power of fiction to save lives and minds, for this reason.' - Matt Haig writingforwellbeing.co.uk #WritingCommunity #writing #selfcare
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Hubbub🕊️ 🇪🇺 @hubbubbub.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
How to stop time: kiss.
How to travel in time: read.
How to escape time: music.
How to feel time: write.
How to release time: breathe.
Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive.

Matt Haig is the author of novels such as The Midnight Library, How to Stop Time, The Humans, The Radleys, and the forthcoming The Life Impossible. He has also written books for children, such as A Boy Called Christmas, and the memoir Reasons to Stay Alive.
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Experimental History @exp-history.blogsky.venki.dev · 30/07/2024
Good ideas don't need bayonets
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Good ideas don't need bayonets
OR: Keep stomping necks until utopia arrives
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
OK.. what's one thing you can do to move from fear to joy? Here's a whole list: yangtd.substack.com/p/joy-boxes #anxiety #elections
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Joy boxes
A list of things that put wind beneath your wings
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You Are Not Going To Die @yangtd.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Feeling a little anxious about the #elections? Try a perspective shift: yangtd.substack.com/p/the-ocean-...
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The ocean and the shell
If you hyper-focus on one aspect of life you may miss the bigger miracle
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