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When an idle mind becomes your worst enemy

My anxiety is worst when I have nothing to do and my mind starts obsessing over conversations from three weeks ago that probably meant nothing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Without external structure, consciousness turns inward toward unprocessed emotional material and unconscious fears.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Anxiety — lived experience and treatment?”

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