First, you put out the fire, and only then look for the cause.
Otherwise:
- you risk yourself;
- more will burn down;
- in the end, it will no longer be a small flame, but a full fire. And the longer it is delayed, the more material and non-material resources it will take to deal with it.

Second, analysis in a state of stress makes no sense.
Because the more stress there is, the less energy and attention are available for the analysis itself. In other words, the risk of choosing a less beneficial decision is higher.

Which specific questions I don’t allow:
- analyzing why something happened;
- what to do about it in the future;
- why I had this reaction;
- etc.

Exception – recording insights.

No matter what state I’m in, if I notice that my perception of an important question has become clearer, I write it down right away.

This is not intentional analysis, but more like “it clicked” / intuition. When the current situation turned out to be the missing experience needed to finally come to some conclusion – the feeling that the puzzle came together. This is more about the general level of perception – the connection between this situation and some others.

In my case, this works like a sedative. Because the deeper I see the context, the more precisely I can define the most beneficial decisions.

But in a state of stress, I don’t let myself keep processing the context that worsens my state.