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Trigger, behavior, result. This is the thought pattern when it comes to anxiety. As you move forward with changing any habit, anxiety, or otherwise don’t worry about finding all of the triggers when mapping out habit loops you can often get stuck, focusing on the triggers and lose sight of what actually helps you change them.

You can’t just run to fix your anxiety, you have to understand the mindset map first.

Trigger: feeling unwanted or not good enough, Behavior: spending money or eating comforting foods, result: feeling broke or fat

Anxiety is an add-on. When fear base learning is paired with uncertainty, you’re prefrontal cortex (PFC) doesn’t wait for more information instead, it takes whatever it has in the moment, uses worry to whip it together, fires up adrenaline and creates anxiety