anticipation

We have all felt the build up of emotions as a big event comes our way. Anxiety, nervousness, impatience, and worry seem to sneak in during the wait period. These feelings somehow become amplified in our wait until the commencement of whatever we may be waiting for. During the wait and increase of emotions, our minds and bodies tend to react in peculiar ways. We all know what is going to happen when we await certain events in our lives, but we still fall victim to the depths of our mind's wonder and worry.

So what happens to us when we get in such a tizzy? It affects others differently, but some common symptoms of anticipation are insomnia, extreme loss or gain of appetite, and stress. It is as if we forget about simple daily function because our minds are so preoccupied with what will come in the near future. Why do we let this happen to ourselves? Humans live for the future, what will become of them. They would hate to come across such a big opportunity and mess it up beyond repair, so they obsess over it and go over every possible detail of what may or may not happen. Also, if the event is a pivotal point in a person's life, we simply cannot wait for the moment to actually be upon us. The event is the object of our every thought, so much that we forget lose sight of what is currently passing by us.

Huge events in our lives that we naturally anticipate will always haunt us, but is it beneficial? Maybe if we didn't obsess about every detail of what will occur because this might help us weigh our options of what to do in certain situations. But what if the act is predetermined to turn out a certain way? There is no worrying to preoccupy the inactivity until the event. Perhaps as humanity as a whole, we need to rid ourselves of the self abuse we willingly endure because of anticipation.

Currently listening to Stone Sour.