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Anxiety: an emotional signal generated by the cognitive

Anxiety: an emotional signal generated by the cognitive system modeling potential future threats under conditions of uncertainty, which is useful as preparatory information when not overwhelming but debilitating when unregulated

Why This Is a Definition

Genus: future-threat modeling signal. Differentia: useful if not overwhelming, debilitating when unregulated.

Source Lessons

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Anxiety signals uncertainty about the future

Anxiety is your system modeling potential future threats — useful if not overwhelming.

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