The thing about anxiety in conflict is that it’s part biological and part psychological.
And one part washes the other part.
Which is where people have choices: We can either narcotize the anxiety (through the use of distractions) or we can medicate our biology (through the use of drugs).
This is where anxiety in conflict should probably focus on managing behaviors, rather than seeking to escape the outcomes of those behaviors. Or seeking to short-circuit the behavioral responses.
But there’s a lot of narcotizing and medicating going on out there.
