WHOOP Podcast Breaking the Habit Loop: Living Life With Less Stress with Dr. Jud Brewer
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Jan 11, 2023 
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Anxiety Is Fear Of The Future
- Anxiety is fear of the future that can occur without a clear external trigger.
- That internal fear can become self-reinforcing when worrying becomes the mental behavior that feeds the feeling.
Worry Turns Planning Into A Habit
- Worrying mixes learned fear with planning and turns helpful strategies against us.
- That loop makes prefrontal planning go offline and rewards worrying as if it were a coping behavior.
Map Your Habit Loop First
- Map habit loops with the three elements: trigger, behavior, and result.
- Use curiosity to identify the loop rather than trying to find an external cause you can avoid.