they donāt tell you what anxious impulsivity looks like.Ā
when people imagine anxiety, they always imagine risk averse behavior. you overthink, youāre deliberate, your thinking is catastrophic, and youāre always thinking through seventeen possible scenarios in which things can go wrong.Ā
but sometimes youāre so anxious and things feel so horrible that you do things without thinking because you want the bad feelings to stop. you say something stupid in a group chat, so you immediately leave all of your servers and block your friends so that you donāt have to see the aftermath. youāre unsure about your relationship, so you break up with your partner out of nowhere or you wake up one morning and just decide to ghost them so you donāt have to deal with it anymore. youāre uncomfortable at a party with people you donāt know, so you run outside and take the train home at 3am without realizing how dangerous that is because you just need to leave.Ā
your anxiety can get so bad that, in an attempt to feel safe and secure, you canāt predict what youāll do next.Ā


















