Refusing to operate with a psychological issue knowingly doesn't make the problem go away - it compels the problem downwards into your subconscious emotional brain. Since your subconscious emotional mind doesn't understand the difference between real and imagined situations, it presumes it has obtained the advice because the case is real. Whenever your subconscious emotional mind takes charge of managing problems, you refused to bargain with knowingly your threat of hypervigilance is significantly increased.