something's getting worse or you can't control it you switch on that fight-or-flight nervous system they've talked about now here's what happens when that occurs you start shifting your attention from one person to one problem the one thing to another person to another place because your brain is trying to predict the next moment well every one of those people and things in places has a neurological network in your brain so as you shift your attention from one to the next it's like a lightning storm in the clouds