Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom: Fuck that dizziness

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom, says Kirkegaard. I was thinking of a conversation about high anxiety and how it's simply a matter of perception - proved it by the example of a curb-tall step climbing on the sidewalk versus a curb-tall step at the edge of a cliff or atop a tall building. Coming back to Kirkegaard, he described two kinds of fear one experiences at the edge of the cliff: one, the fear of falling (fair enough), but the interesting part is the second kind: the fear that we might want to throw ourselves off the cliff. The terrifying realization of whether or not you'll jump in the abyss below is entirely up to you. Total freedom of choice, he said. The Dutchman coined in one simple example both the origin and the reason of this fear. Philosophers, if it wasn't for them, at least I, but I'm sure I'm not alone, would rely solely on gut feeling. Society is teaching kids to be tame and by the age of some maturity to be paralyzed with fears of failure, mostly without even trying. I say fuck that dizziness.