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Regarding stuck.

I am not sure if this is just me

But I don't know , like if I get stuck on a study question or on a programming question. I actually feel like my breaths get short and I get anxious and it feels clumsy (like the world is falling bit by bit)

The best way to describe it would be the box getting shorter and you are trapped in it ("stuck")

So I personally really hate getting stuck but I am okay with getting bored since then I can play with my own (thoughts?)

Maybe its just me. If then I am sorry.



The most unpleasant "stuck" feelings I get tend to be associated with learning something that's new (could be a musical technique, a new codebase, etc.). At age 42, I now try to treat that feeling as a positive - it means I'm stretching my brain / body in ways I haven't done before.


I think the advice for that situation would be to "sit with it"; through exposure gradually reduce your automatic response to that situation and become calmer about it. Easier said than done of course.




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