There is natural, necessary reactivity within each of us.
It’s part of a primal protection mechanism.
Overreacting usually leads to trouble.
The higher our anxiety and the greater the threat (real or perceived), the higher are our levels of reactivity.
Thinking people, as opposed to reactive people, can think their way into a determined, cool, controlled response when faced with a threat.
This is usually short-lived.
We’ve all met “Mr Cool-Calm”, who can also quickly become “Mr Explosive”.
Anxiety will get you in the end.
A better antidote to symptom-producing anxiety (symptoms might include irrational fear, fury, rage, some forms of depression, acts of isolation, acts defying long-held values) is to go to the source.
Anxiety breeds in unresolved family-of-origin issues.
It lurks within immediate significant relationships, especially where unhelpful…
