Your nervous system
The nervous system isn't focused on happiness or fulfilment. Its primary task is survival. And survival means one thing: being aware of what's happening. That's why the nervous system so desperately needs predictability. Predictability tells the body that the world operates according to certain rules. That events have continuity. When something repeats itself, the brain learns a pattern. And a pattern means less energy consumption. Less vigilance. Less tension. More space for rest and regeneration. Chaos has the exact opposite effect. Chaos is a situation in which you don't know what will happen next. It's sudden changes, a lack of rhythm, unpredictable reactions from the environment, a constant "something's about to happen." It's living in a reacting mode, not a being mode. For the nervous system, chaos equates to threat, even if nothing objectively wrong is happening. The body doesn't need real danger. A lack of stability is enough. The nervo...