Related needs
Feeling: Anxious
You may notice tightness in your shoulders, a quickened pulse, or restlessness in your legs. This feeling may visit when uncertainty combines with concern about outcomes. It reflects the brain’s vigilance system — a useful adaptation that once helped early humans stay safe from unseen dangers.
Poem reflection
"When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound"
- Wendell Berry