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There might be some kind of homoeostasis for anxiety. If you're not facing serious threats, anxiety gets amplified, and if you're facing serious threats it gets
by dreamlayers 10y ago
There might be some kind of homoeostasis for anxiety. If you're not facing serious threats, anxiety gets amplified, and if you're facing serious threats it gets reduced, so it doesn't vary too much. It would be similar to how some say there is a happiness set-point.
- amelius 10y ago> If you're not facing serious threats, anxiety gets amplified By whom? And does this entity know whether or not you already have your share of anxiety?
- pjc50 10y agoBy homoeostasis, same as all the other chemical processes that maintain the body.
- wyldfire 10y agoThat makes some sense to me. Similar to the physical "gain control" features of eyesight and hearing.