Really enjoyed reading this, especially since it happend to be published the same week I shared my own reflection about a recent wave of anxiety.
In my post I focused more on how I managed to break it, but both angles really matter. In the end it’s all about understanding the anxiety, face it, handle it, and not letting it run the show.
Thanks Alex, for yet another grounded and insightful post 🤝
Exceptional breakdown of the anxiety mechanisms. Point 2 about worry decreasing performance connects to something often overlooked: the metabolic cost of rumination. When we're mentally rehashing scenarios, we're burning cognitive resources that could go toward actual problem-solving. The irony is that worry creates the exact conditons for poor performance it claims to prevent.
Really enjoyed reading this, especially since it happend to be published the same week I shared my own reflection about a recent wave of anxiety.
In my post I focused more on how I managed to break it, but both angles really matter. In the end it’s all about understanding the anxiety, face it, handle it, and not letting it run the show.
Thanks Alex, for yet another grounded and insightful post 🤝
100% Alexander, thank you for you reading and sharing :)
Exceptional breakdown of the anxiety mechanisms. Point 2 about worry decreasing performance connects to something often overlooked: the metabolic cost of rumination. When we're mentally rehashing scenarios, we're burning cognitive resources that could go toward actual problem-solving. The irony is that worry creates the exact conditons for poor performance it claims to prevent.
thanks for reading!