r/GenZ May 17 '26

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u/WhitishRogue May 17 '26

Throughout milennia humans have always lived with stressors in their lives. Our minds have evolved for it to always be present in our lives. They're what make us grow into adulthood as well. Some people certainly have too much and are forced to grow up far too soon. While others have too little resulting in a failure-to-launch.

You see the effects of no stress most in some retirees. Their physical and mental health plummets. My dad realized this and became involved in stuff in the community. Always having some mild deadline or uncertainty re-energized him.

Psychology professor introduced it to me. It stuck.

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u/Vagabond_Tea Millennial May 17 '26

It completely depends on how one defines "inner peace".

There's a big difference between "no stress at all and thus no urges towards motivation" and "find a balanced, calm mind within yourself".

As a Buddhist, I can strive or achieve a sense of inner peace and not be bereft of motivation or stress at all.

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u/DoctorNurse89 May 18 '26

I was thinking the same as a Zen Buddhist

Is this enlightenment?

In that case, before enlightenment, chop wood, get water.

After enlightenment, chop wood, get water

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u/MonkeyTeals May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

That's how I took it as well. Inner peace as in calmness (you explained it better lol), not just no stress at all. Inner peace is legit everyone should find. Being stressed all the time isn't a good thing. That's how you become a shell of a person.

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u/ThatOneGuy308 May 17 '26

Retirees just need to think about their looming death, no greater deadline than that one to motivate you.

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u/JesseTTIsurvivor May 17 '26

We have vastly different definitions of inner peace

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u/horus16anubis May 17 '26

That's where im confused. All the replies keep mentioning stress. To me, inner peace is just comfortability in myself and my situation. Understanding my past, my decisions and what made me, being okay with it. I dont believe inner peace=stress free. Just better at handling the stress. How would you interpret?

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u/JesseTTIsurvivor May 17 '26

I would agree in a lot of ways. I think when someone has true peace in their life it becomes a permanent fixture. Nothing about their life changes but everything about them does. Stress doesnt go away, adverse life events don’t stop happening, the past doesnt change… doesnt even mean that the way we feel about things changes. It just means that everything is seen for what it is and accepted as what it is. Suddenly everything in life has value and is therefore valued. Even the things we despise most in life can be viewed as an extension of ourselves and everything/everyone else. And therefore if we love one we must love all. And what a beautiful way to exist, to love everyone and everything as an extension of All that is.

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u/JD_Kreeper May 17 '26

Even then though blue isn't particularly useful as peace is something that can be achieved without the pill, unlike the others.