The Importance of Contextual Information

During the pandemic there was a sea level rise in anxiety for everybody, right? Because this was a brand new situation for the entire planet. Your brain couldn't make any predictions about what was going to happen. So you have this experience of uncertainty and you have a physical sensation of unpleasantness. But if you're not aware that that is happening at the time, your brain will try to find something to hand that anxiety on. And that's why you weren't getting any relief from locking the door because actually your brain was hanging the anxiety on the wrong hook.