Lol, nahhh man, I'm cool on the left and right hand paths. I try to walk the middle path. You do not embrace or enjoy anything, you just exist through it. Otherwise, you're tempted with extremism I find.
That said, you make it seem like people have a choice behind their own brain chemistry. Yes, there are many "tricks of the trade" so to speak, but at a point, sometimes you're only capable of what your capable of. So no, I'm not choosing to be stressed. I try and distract myself constantly but theres only so far you can go, only so many drugs you can take, only so many extra hours you can take or shows/tv I can watch or people I can fuck before the real world seeps back in.
Because that's what reality is.
For what it's worth, had I been born maybe ten years earlier, I would have been a prime candidate for massive doses of xanax. Now, doctors just think I'm drug seeking, leaving the medicating to me, I, and myself.
*shrugs*
A lot of things I have no control over. My perspective doesnt change the world i live in.