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The ACT process known as contact with the present moment is another way that psychoeducation about anxiety might be introduced. Anxiety is essentially a future-oriented phenomenon. Our brain’s primary purpose is to survive, and one way it attempts to do that is to anticipate danger that isn’t here yet. Our brains are very good at this, presenting us with imagined comparisons, examples, and scenarios so we can anticipate future problems. However, when this is done to excess, it can become inhibiting or limiting.
