<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A person may defend an anxious interpretation... > A person may defend an anxious interpretation because abandoning it threatens identity, belonging, or the expectation of being proven right. The cost of the story should be examined alongside the evidence for it. **Source:** [[livestreams/Releasing Anxiety by Reexamining the Stories We Carry - Workbook|Releasing Anxiety by Reexamining the Stories We Carry]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A person may defend an anxious interpretation because abandoning it threatens identity, belonging, or the expectation of being proven right. The cost of the story should be examined alongside the evidence for it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-person-defend-anxious-examined-alongside-evidence ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->