There are moments when anxiety does not build slowly; it surges. You receive unexpected news, a responsibility piles up, or something shifts beyond your control, and suddenly what felt manageable becomes overwhelming. A single thought turns into many, and before you realize it, your mind is no longer at rest; it is racing. What began as a small concern quickly escalates into a mental storm. The noise grows louder with every “what if” scenario, every imagined outcome, every at