{"id":74841,"date":"2022-08-05T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=74841"},"modified":"2022-08-10T12:41:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T16:41:58","slug":"what-can-anxiety-lead-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-can-anxiety-lead-to\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can Anxiety Lead To? Dangerous Behavioral Loops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What can anxiety lead to? How are alcoholism and substance abuse caused by anxiety?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dr. Judson Brewer in <em>Unwinding Anxiety<\/em>, our brains rely on a basic behavioral cycle to learn. If this cycle is started by a negative behavior (such as anxiety), it can lead to even worse behaviors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to learn what types of behaviors anxiety can lead to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-anxiety-perpetuates-itself\">Anxiety Perpetuates Itself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Anxiety tends to reinforce itself by eliciting behaviors that lead to more anxiety. Brewer explains that once we feel anxious, that anxiety becomes a trigger for new (often unhealthy) behavioral loops. What can anxiety lead to? Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Trigger:<\/strong> Anxiety about your performance review.<\/li><li><strong>Behavior:<\/strong> You continue to worry about the review, but the worry doesn\u2019t make the anxiety go away. Instead, you drink some alcohol to unwind.<\/li><li><strong>Result:<\/strong> You\u2019re less aware of the anxiety.<\/li><li><strong>Lesson:<\/strong> You learn that drinking is a good way to handle anxiety.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These loops then mutate. For instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Trigger:<\/strong> Anxiety about your performance review, <em>plus <\/em>anxiety about how much you\u2019re drinking and how your drinking might be harming you.<\/li><li><strong>Behavior:<\/strong> More worrying, more drinking, and possibly new harmful habits.<\/li><li><strong>Result:<\/strong> You experience more anxiety than ever before\u2014and possible physical harm from the drinking.<\/li><li><strong>Lesson:<\/strong> At this point, you\u2019re likely to start judging yourself for how you\u2019ve handled the situation, for how much you drink, and even for feeling anxiety in the first place. This judgment then feeds <em>more <\/em>cycles of anxiety.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, Brewer says, <strong>anxiety gets entangled with a host of behavioral issues like substance abuse, depression, procrastination, and more.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make matters even more complicated, when we get stressed, the PFC goes offline, which means that we\u2019re no longer capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-rational-thought\/\">rational thought<\/a> and can only rely on instinctual survival responses like fighting (responding with anger), fleeing (by using substances or simply ignoring stressful situations), or freezing (procrastinating).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the way it entangles itself with other behaviors, anxiety can easily pervade our basic state of being. Brewer describes how, for many people, anxious feelings and thoughts take hold even when we\u2019re not consciously aware of any obvious stressor. This is called <a href=\"https:\/\/adaa.org\/understanding-anxiety\/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad\">generalized anxiety disorder<\/a>. Likewise, he notes that people early in the process of treating their anxiety often see some improvement only to get anxious about the fact that they <em>aren\u2019t feeling anxious <\/em>anymore\u2014for these people, anxiety is so omnipresent that it\u2019s more familiar and comfortable to feel anxious than not to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Danger and Stress Switch the Brain Into Autopilot<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve probably noticed that when you get stressed, it\u2019s hard to think straight. That\u2019s because of the way the brain is wired to deal with danger. When we perceive a threat\u2014which could include a bear, a grumpy boss, a global pandemic, uncertainty about our future, and so on\u2014a part of the brain called the amygdala triggers one of several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/mental-health\/what-does-fight-flight-freeze-fawn-mean\">automatic reactions designed to keep us safe<\/a> in life-threatening circumstances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In <strong>fight or flight<\/strong>, our bodies respond actively, preparing us either to engage in physical combat or to run away.&nbsp;<\/li><li>If the body doesn\u2019t think that fighting or fleeing will work, it triggers a <strong>freeze<\/strong>, making us do nothing in hopes of avoiding harm until the danger passes.&nbsp;<\/li><li>If all else fails\u2014and particularly in cases of abuse and trauma\u2014the <strong>fawn response<\/strong> can cause us to seek connection with a person who hurt us in hopes of avoiding future harm. This often looks like agreeing with the abuser or serving their interests in place of your own.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s important to realize that we don\u2019t have conscious control over any of these reactions. In fact, in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/emotional-intelligence\/\"><em>Emotional Intelligence<\/em><\/a>, Goleman calls these responses <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/emotional-intelligence\/chapter-2\"><em>amygdala hijacks<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>because of the way the amygdala shuts down the parts of the brain responsible for conscious thought, problem-solving, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/improve-working-memory-moonwalking-with-einstein\/\">working memory<\/a>. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important to be able to recognize anxiety as it occurs\u2014as we\u2019ll see, it\u2019s very hard to change your behaviors once anxiety has shut you down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Treating Anxiety as a Habit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the book, Brewer talks about anxiety treatment, habits, and behavior modification more or less interchangeably\u2014a fact that alienates some readers. That\u2019s because he sees anxiety as a habit (an ingrained behavioral cycle), which should be addressed like any unwanted habit. It\u2019s also because he\u2019s interested in helping people change secondary habits like smoking or eating disorders that are often caused by anxiety in the first place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can anxiety lead to? How are alcoholism and substance abuse caused by anxiety? 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