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13. Why does anxiety feel uncontrollable?

Understanding the patterns behind this experience

AI recognizes patterns.
Understanding comes from lived experience.

"The nervous system remains in a state of heightened prediction when past pain has not been processed."

anxiety feels uncontrollable because it's rooted in your nervous system's automatic responses. that you can't control when emotions arise, but you can learn to control how you respond to them. that emotions are spontaneous reactions to situations, memories, and thoughts. They happen whether you want them to or not.

how anxiety becomes uncontrollable when it's connected to unprocessed trauma. Your body has learned certain patterns of response, and these patterns activate automatically when triggered. that the key is not trying to control the emotion itself, but developing awareness of it and choosing how you respond. This requires addressing the underlying wounds that keep triggering the anxiety.

For further reading and exploration, you can download the book Unfiltered Wisdom.