You’re Losing Your Ability to Focus—Permanently
Anxiety overwhelms your brain with intrusive thoughts, making it harder to filter out distractions. Over time, this damages the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the area responsible for sustained attention. This means your ability to focus isn’t just temporarily bad—it’s physically degrading. (Bishop, 2009)
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Anxiety is wrecking your brain in ways you didn’t even realize. It isn’t just a bad habit or an emotional state—it’s a full-blown biological hijacking. It silently rewires your brain, eating away at your intelligence, creativity, and emotional control, often in ways people never talk about.
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