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Anxiety FitnessCan you be addicted to anxiety? In a way, I think so… Not the feeling itself, but the familiarity of it. When you have lived anxious for long enough, being “on alert” starts to feel like home. So when the anxiety fades, calm can feel strange, even wrong, and the mind goes hunting for a problem until the worry returns and brings a twisted sense of relief. This is your threat system doing its job a little too well. With chronic anxiety the brain’s alarm (the amygdala) stays switched on, so hypervigilance becomes the default setting and not knowing feels unbearable. Researchers call this intolerance of uncertainty, and it is one of the main drivers of worry in generalised anxiety. The way out is not to chase another answer. It is to let calm be uncertain. Sit with the discomfort of feeling okay, stop questioning why, and let go of the need to be sure. It takes practice and intentional effort, but there is nothing special you need to do. Your body is not broken, feeling safe is allowed, and you are already capable. If anxiety is running your day to day, a doctor or therapist can help. Sources: Cleveland Clinic, “Always on Alert: Causes and Examples of Hypervigilance” (health.clevelandclinic.org/hypervigilance) Healthline, “Hypervigilance: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment” (healthline.com/health/hypervigilance) Psychology Tools, “Cognitive Behavioral Model of Intolerance of Uncertainty and GAD (Hebert & Dugas, 2019)” #anxiety #anxietyrelief #anxietyrecovery #intoleranceofuncertainty #hypervigilance generalisedanxiety overthinking nervoussystem panicattack mentalhealth
On the profile · Jun 15, 2026