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22. Why does anxiety interfere with decision-making?

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 interferes with decision-making because it floods your mind with fear-based thoughts and worst-case scenarios. that when you're anxious, your nervous system is in automatic mode, which narrows your focus to potential threats clear thinking. how anxiety clouds judgment and makes it hard to see situations objectively.

that anxiety creates a feedback loop where fear triggers more anxious thoughts, which trigger more fear. This makes it difficult to weigh options rationally or trust your instincts. that this is part of , where unhealed wounds distort your perception and make even simple decisions feel overwhelming and dangerous.

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