Envision the brain as always running on high alert waiting for the next “attack” to take place and how exhausting that must be. It is an inefficient use of our brain’s bandwidth which contributes to a constant sense of low-level unease, anxiety that fosters depression and poor self-esteem. So when the fire alarm goes off we will either be peeling you off the ceiling then spend an hour calming you down or we’ll be prodding you out the door while pointing out the emotional upheaval going on around you.