So in this thread it seems like you're saying people have this amazing potential that they aren't actualizing when they indulge in negativity and destruction and this makes them them seem like they are zombies or not fully alive... They get caught up in loops that prevent them from reaching their potential.
I wouldn't see someone struggling with anxiety as not fully living.
Yes, I would say this is a pretty good summary. Anxiety is merely an example of the condition.
Anxiety is living in the future worrying about a thing may happen(associated with fear) and depression is living in the past(associated with guilt) The sufferer is a time traveler suffering for things that happened before or things that have not happened and may never happen. Their body doesn't know the difference and takes on stress damage. The person is not present in the moment - hence they are not there. Only now exists.
I have a client who is abusive to me and even moreso to his mexican helpers and it's born out of his insecurity. He says he hates people because they are stupid. He goes out of his way to point out when someone messes up and brags about how he's always thinking and is dismissive to those around him while passing their ideas off as his.
Obviously, it irratates me but it does so less now that I realised he's just doing the same thing over an over. I feel bad for him and I think he's hurting himself more than us.
Do I 'approve' of such behaviour? It's not my place to judge him. Would I act like that? I'm sure I have at some point in time but I don't like hurting people.
He has terrible anxiety- he's restless and has to have loud music playing constantly and he drinks a lot. Till he's sloppy drunk.
He's pretty smart and good at what he does and he's a tormented person. He doesn't tend to be in the present moment.
If you have heard someone talking about being alive- truly alive or awake or whatever and know what that means then you can easily draw a comparison on what I mean as alive over alive as in breathing or having some semblance of life.
I guess you could say I'm talking about present conciousness and the life experience over the rat race or waiting for the next movie to come out and never thinking, feeling, and being yourself.