because that’s what fear of missing out does to our brain. It makes us want to over-ride our logic centers in order to make the pain stop or the distraction stop or the frustration stop. We look for the soothing thing, to calm the pain or discomfort (it’s a different kind of soothing, for all of us), because our logic centers forget that the pain could save our lives. But our lizard brain just doesn’t want to feel the discomfort.
