Anxiety
The emotion behind much overthinking is fear—fear of being out of control, of being overwhelmed, of failure, of impending danger, of panic, and so on. The feeling is valid. But that doesn’t mean it’s true. It certainly doesn’t mean it’s helpful! And if we act out of fear, we often only end up creating more fear anyway. But we have the option to obs
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Human anxiety comes from unpredictable environments and fear of anticipated pain.
Anxiety is a sign that you haven’t fully made sense of something in the past. Because the only way that the future can feel threatening is if you’re afraid that something you know you can’t handle is going to happen again. Memories that haven’t been fully processed will linger: https://x.com/SchrodingrsBrat/status/1685262615231021057
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