Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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means that it actually gets better with adversity. Like a
rock that becomes a diamond under pressure or an immune
system that strengthens after repeated exposure
to germs, the mind requires stimulation in the form of a
challenge.
If you deny and reject any kind of real challenge in your
life, your brain will compensate by creating a problem to
overcome. Except this time, there won’t be any reward
at the end. It will just be you battling you for the rest of
your life.
The cultural obsession with chasing happiness, shielding
oneself from anything triggering, and the idea that life is
primarily “good” and any challenge we face is a mistake of
fate are what actually weaken us mentally.
Shielding the mind from any adversity makes us more
vulnerable to anxiety, panic, and chaos.
Those who can’t help but create problems in their minds
often do so because they have ceased creative control
of their existence. They move into the passenger’s seat,
thinking that life happens to them, rather than being a
product of their actions.
Who wouldn’t be afraid if that were the case?
But what most people don’t tell you is that adversity makes
you creative. It activates a part of you that is often latent.