If you need to know the plan before you can relax, anxiety may be trying to protect you from uncertainty by filling in every possible gap.

If you shut down when you’re overwhelmed, it may be your nervous system trying to protect you. Anxiety, trauma, burnout, ADHD, and conflict can all trigger shutdown.

Sometimes you are not asking for advice because you do not know what to do. You are asking because you want someone to tell you that wanting what you want does not make you wrong.