<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Anxiety increases when assumptions become fixed... > Anxiety increases when assumptions become fixed obstacles around which every new event must flow. Cognitive flexibility removes unnecessary resistance by allowing the model to update. **Source:** [[livestreams/Releasing Anxiety by Reexamining the Stories We Carry - Workbook|Releasing Anxiety by Reexamining the Stories We Carry]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Anxiety increases when assumptions become fixed obstacles around which every new event must flow. Cognitive flexibility removes unnecessary resistance by allowing the model to update.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-anxiety-increases-assumptions-allowing-model-update ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->