Having anxiety often feels like you have two brains - logic brain, which you cognitively control, and goblin brain, which just feels shit. Logic brain is always giving goblin brain great advice but goblin brain just disregards it

Goblin brain: you know every relationship in your life is really just a power struggle and if you have more power you’re winning
Me: that’s really unhealthy and unfair to both you and the person who you’re assigning this power value to without their consent
Goblin brain: ya true

Me:
Goblin brain:
Me:
Goblin brain:
Me:
Goblin brain: so here’s a list of every relationship and if you’re winning or losing
Me: WHAT DID I JUST —

*small inconvenience happens*
Me: ah this is annoying
Goblin brain: *banging on pots and pans* MAJOR PROBLEM!!! EXTREMELY UPSET!!! WORLD ENDING!!
Me: it’s really not that—
Goblin brain: TIME!!! TO!!! CRY!!!!!!