It’s the classic politician’s syllogism: we must do something, this [the anxiety, stress, victimisation, activated fear response, overthinking, catastrophising,

It’s the classic politician’s syllogism: we must do something, this [the anxiety, stress, victimisation, activated fear response, overthinking, catastrophising, etc.] is something, therefore we must do it. The worst thing about it is how it will actually make you less resilient, and a lack of resilience just makes it harder for you to function day to day as each adverse encounter, no matter how trivial, becomes increasingly overwhelming. To me that feels like a night terror: screaming and shouting about a frightening thing at the end of the bed, but frozen in place and unable to act, unable to fight back. Has to be someone else. I won’t lie, I think I’ve suffered from this and it’s held me back over the past couple of years as I’d choose flight or avoidance over fight, essentially repeating the cycle until I managed to deal with it and move forward. Only thing you can do is step back and get out of your head. Separate all the stuff you can’t action from the stuff you can.