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Scenario

When self-tracking increases anxiety

I have been documenting my moods and triggers for my anxiety for six weeks but analyzing the patterns just makes me more anxious about being anxious and I feel trapped in self-observation.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Excessive monitoring of internal states can create hypervigilance that amplifies the very conditions being observed.

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Patan
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