Your Stress Isn't Happening Right Now — Here's Where It's Actually Coming From

The chest tightness. The racing thoughts. The irritability that comes out of nowhere. It feels urgent and immediate — but most of it is not actually happening right now. Stress is almost always a product of memory, anticipation, or imagination running on autopilot while the present moment sits quietly underneath all of it. Saw K Myint draws from Buddhist psychology and her own journey through childhood trauma to offer something most stress management advice never gets to — not just tools to calm down, but a fundamental shift in understanding where the suffering is actually coming from. What she shares about how feelings arise from mental projections rather than present reality, and the simple awareness shift that interrupts the cycle before it escalates, will give you a completely different relationship with your own stress response. You cannot calm down what you cannot see clearly. This episode helps you finally see it. In this conversation, you’ll learn: 😮‍💨 Why unhappiness hurts immediately—and why chasing happiness can also create suffering 🧠 How feelings often come from memory, imagination, reflection, and “mental copies” (not the present moment) ⚡ A fast awareness shift that helps calm anger, stress, and overwhelm 👀 How perception and the “six senses” shape your experience—and how to stop reacting on autopilot Connect with Saw K Myint: https://www.facebook.com/likesawkmyint Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices