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Hi, Dora here. And welcome to Radio Headspace.

Isn't it interesting how the mind can turn something small into something that feels incredibly urgent?

A message, an email, a notification, and suddenly it feels like it needs to be handled right away, immediately.

There's a sense of restlessness that shows up.

The mind starts racing and the body tightens.

And before we even realize it, we're already reaching for our phone.

I notice this a lot with emails and text.

There's this almost automatic feeling that I need to respond right away.

And I don't always know why, but it's there.

It feels very primal.

Like something important is about to happen.

Like I need to react as quickly as possible.

But when I really stop and look at it,

I'm not a lion in the savannah preparing to pounce on my dinner.

I'm usually at home sitting on my sofa, and my pray is a notification.

Yet, that sense of urgency feels so real.

I think many of us experience this.

The mind creates a sense of urgency, even when there isn't one.

It can feel like something needs to be done right now, respond now, decide now, act now.

But what I've come to learn is not everything that feels urgent actually is.

Sometimes urgency is just the mind trying to stay in control,

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