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4 'micro-transitions' in your day that may be causing you anxiety

4 'micro-transitions' in your day that may be causing you anxiety

HuffPost, August 1, 2022

“Whether it’s called triggers or micro-triggers, we all certainly have things that set us off,” said Jeff Temple, a psychologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch, who adds that sometimes even dreading those transitions can be triggering. “There’s anticipatory anxiety, which is anxiety about being anxious, as opposed to actual things to be anxious about.”