sasha Podgurska

There is a quiet tension many people live with, often without naming it. A part of us wants to move freely, express something real, act without overthinking. Another part immediately begins to calculate: what will be accepted, what will be safe, what will be “correct,” what will not lead to loss or rejection. Between these two movements, opposites we trying to integrate — aliveness and control — appears: anxiety. In existential psychology, this is not seen as a problem to eliminate, but as...

If we pause for just a moment, it becomes clear: anxiety isn’t just mental noise or tension concentrated in the chest or throat. It’s a state that can distort how we see our reality. When we’re anxious, everything feels amplified. Decisions are made from fear instead of truth.