> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 5 evergreens, 3 sources</em></s> #### [[Anxiety tries to make us assume the worst]] [[Anxiety]] creates black and white thinking due to it's [[Neuroscience|neurological]] relation to the [[fight-or-flight response]]. ^[[[notes - Anxiety 101]]] This is part of how [[Our brains are built around survival]], but it also causes us to reject nuance in modern social situations. [[Anxiety stems from a lack of confidence for the future]], this will cause people to seek out reassurance, but while that reassurance is helpful in the moment it doesn't hit at the root of the [[anxiety]]. As people's [[anxiety]] continues to manifest they will seek more and more reassurance, even though the more the receive the less impactful it is. They won't be able to see that asking repeatedly is detrimental, and when they stop receiving the continued assurance they will perceive it as rejection. ^[[[notes - Responses to Anxiety]]] This becomes very dangerous when combined with [[Your anxiety is telling you everything that could go wrong, not what will go wrong]]. Your [[anxiety]] is not only feeding you more information than you need, it is information that has a seed of truth. ^[[[Most anxiety isn't irrational it's just overcompensation]]] That is what makes [[anxiety]] so dangerous for our [[relationships]], especially when there are other strong [[emotions]] ^[and [[self-repression|repressed]] [[emotions]] ([[Samskara]])] at play. ^[[[Triggers activate stored emotional responses for certain situations]]] This is especially worsened when those [[emotions]] are ones that lead to [[anxiety]] in the first place: [[Your anxiety knows your insecurities better than you do]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING *edited January 25, 2022* **Topics**:: [[anxiety]], [[emotions]]