Your brain's reticular activating system filters information like a search engine, and anxiety hijacks it to hunt for worst-case scenarios. You can retrain it by deliberately focusing on God's truth and present reality instead, shifting what your brain searches for.
The reticular activating system acts like the brain's search engine. When you're anxious, you suddenly notice every possible worst-case scenario. Your brain isn't broken. It's doing exactly what you've unintentionally trained it to do. The good news: you can retrain your RAS. When you intentionally focus on God's truth, His promise, and what is actually happening in the present moment, your brain starts filtering for evidence of those things instead.
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