Anxiety is an expression of unfulfilled potential until proven otherwise.

Anxiety is due to sensory activation of the instinctual brain. To be creative, the waves of anxiety have to be modulated by inhibition, and then distributed through memory circuits.

The hippocampus looks like a seahorse. In the safety given by the amygdalae, and the tranquillity rendered through exteroceptive control by the loci coerulei and interoceptive control by the vagi, the hippocampi compare reverberant sensory activations with stored memories, and only update what is new, thereby acting as gates: this comparator function occurs during sleep, and is supplemented by periods of repose and reflection every 4-6 hours. Synchronizing brain waves may be generated, as anxiety decreases and focused attention increases.
24% of cells in the human hippocampus have been found to be ‘bona fide’ place responsive cells.

Multitasking is followed predictably by interrupted sleep, due to the backlog of updates that would normally occur in quiet moments during the day.

The wish to evade updates leads to accidents, to driven behaviour and to social avoidance. Memories give trajectories that predict the consequences of one’s actions, but these memories have to be updated by sensory activation.