Keyword conscious when you go into new territory your…
Keyword anxiety. Keyword conscious when you go into new territory your senses go on alert to protect yourself from unknown things or events. Your brain goes on high alert to make sure that you are safe. When your brain is on high alert that is a definition of anxiety. As you get comfortable with your new environment your brain moves to low alert and you have confidence in your environment. Uncertainty is a prime cause of anxiety. The definition of anxiety and the dictionary is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer.
In the book
One of the principles I have lived by my whole life is that everything is my fault, because saying so hands me back control: if it is mine, it is not unknown and not beyond me, and the moment I make the decision, the anxiety and the fear are gone. The research agrees more than it lets on: anxiety is the perception of a threat that is uncertain, unpredictable, maybe not even real — uncertainty itself is its prime cause, the brain on high alert against a danger it cannot name. And here is the surprise: anxiety is both bad and good. — The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)