The Spiritual Mechanics of Anxiety and Time
In a world driven by the clock, it's easy to forget that time is not just physical it’s spiritual. The enemy has weaponized "Chronos" time (linear, ticking time) to keep us anxious, always rushing, always chasing, never resting. This is the matrix: a system that feeds on your disconnection from God's peace.
We’re taught that success is urgent, that healing must be quick, and that if you're not constantly doing, you're failing. But God operates in "Kairos" time—divine timing, purpose-filled moments that break into our lives when we’re spiritually aligned.
Anxiety thrives in Chronos. Peace lives in Kairos. The more you chase the world’s schedule, the more you step out of God’s rhythm.
Physiological Effects of Anxiety:
Anxiety activates your sympathetic nervous system, flooding your body with stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. These chemicals were designed for short-term danger (“fight or flight”), but when anxiety becomes chronic:
Your digestion slows down
Your heart rate increases
Your muscles tense
Your immune system weakens
You may suffer from insomnia, headaches, or gastrointestinal issues
Chronic anxiety keeps the body in a perpetual alert state, as if danger is always around the corner.
Behavioral and Cognitive Impact:
Anxiety causes avoidance—of people, decisions, risks, and even your own growth. It also results in:
Overthinking and “what if” spirals
Perfectionism or procrastination
Indecision and irritability
Hypervigilance (being constantly on edge)
Difficulty focusing or being present
Because your mind is always in the future, anticipating what might go wrong, you disconnect from the now, where action and peace actually reside.
Vibrational and Spiritual Impact:
From a spiritual and vibrational lens, anxiety keeps your frequency low and scattered. It disrupts your connection to divine guidance. You may:
Feel disconnected from God’s presence
Lose sensitivity to the Spirit’s leading
Attract more chaos due to your low energetic field
Manifest physical illness from prolonged spiritual dissonance
God speaks in peace. But anxiety creates internal noise so loud, you can’t hear Him.
Anxiety can be planted in childhood through subtle but devastating experiences. I want to share an experience I had living in Barcelona with my children. Out of the blue, despite being potty trained for at least 5 months, I began to noticed my fully 2-year-old had wet her clothes at nursery one day but this was, I thought it was strange but dismissed it. The next day it happened again, concerned I wrote to the teacher to ask if anything happened in particular. That day after writing, at the end of the day I was told my daughter had wet her clothes, not once, but twice that day. These incidents only occured at the school, never with myself or in the company of the babysitter. It continued for several more days within that week. I decided I was defitnitely going to miss work and sit in instead of dropping her off, to observe her in her morning routine. It turned out, I learned the school was part of a pilot social services program that had just started that month. We lived in a low-income area, and they most likely were looking for "cases" to justify its funding and what better than to target a single mother I suppose. Then again knowing what I know about how the matrix functions I understand now that this was also a form of distraction to evoke a strong emotional response on my part.
The teacher had been deliberately denying my daughter access to the toilet so she would wet herself. I knew something was deeply wrong because my daughter’s behavior changed as soon as this abusive teacher entered the classroom. Even with me present, she didn't ask to use the toilet and wet herself infront of me. She'd already been conditioned to believe she wasn’t allowed to use the toilet in class.
The assistant teacher, who seemed sympathetic, told her to use the toilet, creating mixed messages that added to the emotional confusion. I took her out of that nursery the same day after witnessing this. Had I waited even one more week, my daughter could have developed long-term trauma or anxiety. She was only 2 too young to verbalize what was happening. These are the kinds of feelings that end up being internalized for life.
These events are more common than we think in public nurseries, especially in underserved communities. Though in general it can happen in any instance where an individual is traumatized in one way or another. Sometimes, children develop anxiety not from visible trauma but from insidious patterns we never knew were shaping their emotional world.
Anxiety doesn’t just appear overnight it’s often rooted in a combination of early life experiences, brain chemistry, and environmental factors. Understanding these foundations can help reveal why some people are more prone to anxiety than others.
In early childhood (ages 0 to 7), the brain is in its most formative stage, absorbing emotional patterns and survival strategies. If a child experiences insecure attachment, where caregivers are inconsistent, neglectful, or overly controlling, they may internalize a sense of unsafety. This often shows up later as generalized anxiety. Repeated stressors, even those that seem small like being shamed for emotions, ignored when needing comfort, or restricted from expressing autonomy, can overstimulate the amygdala, the brain’s fear-processing center. Once this pathway is triggered often enough, the brain becomes wired for hypervigilance, making anxiety the default response to perceived threats.
As a child enters adolescence, social dynamics, identity struggles, and academic pressure intensify emotional stress. If childhood wounds were left unresolved, adolescence often amplifies them. Teens may begin experiencing chronic self-doubt, fear of judgment, or panic around performance, all common features of anxiety disorders. Parental expectations and cultural standards may further push them into patterns of perfectionism or fear of failure.
In adulthood, life transitions like job loss, financial instability, divorce, or becoming a parent can stir up underlying fears and emotional patterns rooted in earlier years. Adults who were never taught how to self-soothe or express emotion in healthy ways may find themselves overwhelmed, constantly anticipating disaster or emotionally paralyzed by indecision. This is often reinforced by cognitive distortions, deeply held beliefs like “I must control everything” or “I’m not safe unless I’m perfect.” These belief systems were often formed as children trying to make sense of chaos or unmet needs.
There are also biological and environmental components. Genetically, anxiety can run in families, with inherited temperaments that lean toward sensitivity or cautiousness. Neurochemical imbalances such as irregularities in serotonin, dopamine, or cortisol play a significant role in how one experiences anxiety. Additionally, being in a high-stress or emotionally invalidating environment, especially over time, can deeply affect the nervous system and one’s ability to regulate fear or uncertainty.
Altogether, anxiety is rarely caused by one event. It's usually the result of accumulated experiences, both seen and unseen, that shape how a person thinks, reacts, and copes. Recognizing the origin of anxiety is the first step in breaking its power.
So how do you escape this trap?
Pray to enter God’s time. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide your daily rhythm.
Detach from false deadlines. Ask yourself: "Is this urgent or is this just programmed urgency?"
Detaching from False Identities.
Many people suffer from anxiety because they’re unconsciously living out false identities—roles or labels placed on them through trauma, family expectations, rejection, or survival mechanisms. These identities create inner conflict, as the soul feels trapped in something untrue.
When you try to live as someone you’re not, anxiety builds. You perform, please, or avoid failure—not from peace, but from fear. Spiritually, the enemy uses false identities to keep you disconnected from your God-given authority and peace.
Freedom begins when you ask:
“Whose voice defined me?”
When you release the false and embrace who you truly are in Christ, the striving ends and the anxiety begins to lift.
Breaking out of anxiety is not an overnight fix it’s a layered process that involves unlearning fear-based patterns and refocusing the mind and spirit. Anxiety often stems from long-standing thought loops, emotional wounds, and environmental triggers that train the body and brain to stay in a state of alert. To heal, you must gradually rewire these systems through intentional steps: renewing your mind with truth, regulating your nervous system through rest and movement, and spiritually anchoring yourself in God’s peace. Each step helps dismantle the false signals of danger and allows your soul to remember what safety and clarity feel like. It’s a journey of replacing chaos with trust, fear with presence, and urgency with divine alignment.
Living in alignment with God’s timing requires faith. You won’t always see the whole picture, but you’ll feel peace in your spirit when you're in His will.
