501 Why can't I accept uncertainty?

为何无法接受不确定性?

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Anxiety & OCD Strategies for Everyday

2026-08-14

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In this episode, I talk about why uncertainty can feel so unbearable when you struggle with anxiety, OCD, or depression.
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  • Okay, everybody, let's talk about why can't I accept uncertainty?

  • If this is a question that you have asked, cheers, we are going to talk about it together.

  • So let's talk about it.

  • There is an anxious person and a non-anxious person.

  • And they both have an upcoming doctor's appointment, okay?

  • The non-anxious person is going to the doctor's appointment.

  • They have a normal degree of anxiety or uncertainty about it.

  • And they get up through their week pretty well.

  • The anxious person spends a ton of time in the week coming up to that appointment

  • or a ton of time after that appointment waiting for the test results.

  • Worrying, catastrophizing, going to the worst case scenario.

  • Let's use another example.

  • A non-anxious person and an anxious person both receive a text from a person.

  • Might be a simple, very simple statement with a very short period at the end.

  • The non-anxious person can understand that they probably lost track of time.

  • Or they didn't have a lot of time to respond.

  • Whereas the anxious person has so much anxiety about what does this mean?

  • What do they think?

  • Do they hate me now?

  • You know, why didn't they respond back with hearts, emojis, and exclamation marks?