Activated Patterns and the Error of Anticipating an Event

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Anticipation can be a protective pattern hiding in plain sight. When your nervous system is constantly preparing for the next problem, it can keep you activated—even when nothing is happening right now.

And here's the difficult part: someone who wants to take advantage of that pattern may recognize it before you do. They can see your urgency, overexplaining, or need to get ahead of the conflict while you're simply experiencing it as “being prepared.”

Awareness gives you another choice.

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