2x2 of basic agency disorders: competence vs energy, both from low to high
LC/LE: depression
LC/HE: anger
HC/LE: anxiety
HC/HE: angst
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surprised you've characterized anxiety as low-energy
it certainly doesn't *feel* low-energy
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Acting to address source of anxiety takes more energy than simply enduring anxiety itself
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Also gesturing at chronic generalized anxiety, not acute, focused anxiety… the kind that causes low grade fretful tension they you might displace with tv
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ime that fretful tension, focused or not, feels like having too much energy coursing through you -- which makes sense because of adrenaline's role in the experience of anxiety
what's the role of energy in the model? is it like an activation energy to seek resolution thing?
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