The surprising reason why staying calm feels harder than being stressed out
Thirty-four-year-old Kai stared at his phone screen, feeling his chest tighten. The text was simple enough: “Hey, want to grab dinner this weekend?” But for the past hour, he’d been spiraling through every possible interpretation. Was his friend being genuine? Polite? Obligated? “I can handle a crisis at work just fine,” Kai told his therapist … Read more