You’re Not "Crazy." Your Anxiety Is An Ancient Superpower.
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You’re Not "Crazy." Your Anxiety Is An Ancient Superpower.
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Do you replay conversations in your head at 3 AM? Do you sense a vibe shift in a room before anyone else speaks? Society calls this "Overthinking," "Anxiety," or being "Too Sensitive." But in this episode, we flip the script. We argue that these so-called flaws are actually ancient Survival Mechanisms that kept your ancestors alive while the "chill" people got eaten by tigers.
In this episode, we decode your brain's prehistoric software:
- 🧠 The Overthinking Advantage: Why your ability to predict 50 worst-case scenarios isn't a disorder; it’s elite Pattern Recognition designed for threat detection.
- 🥺 The Truth About Sensitivity: We explain why High Sensitivity (HSP) was the most valuable trait in a tribe, acting as an early warning system for danger.
- 🎭 Imposter Syndrome Reframed: Why feeling like a fraud is actually an ancient social safety valve meant to keep you from getting exiled by the tribe.
- ⚠️ Irritability vs. Intelligence: How being easily annoyed might just mean your brain is processing data faster than everyone else in the room.
We are taking the traits you try to hide—your caution, your intensity, your worry—and proving they are signs of High Emotional Intelligence and a sophisticated internal radar. Your brain isn't malfunctioning; it's just running a 10,000-year-old security program in a modern world that doesn't need it.
Hit play to find out why your "flaws" are actually your superpowers.
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