When Coping Breaks
Recognizing when monitoring no longer restores calm.
At some point, monitoring stops bringing relief. Checking the account no longer restores calm.
People often move between avoidance and worry. They step away to reduce stress, then return to see if anything looks different.
This page names the loop where effort no longer reduces uncertainty. Avoidance postpones the discomfort without resolving it.
Worry keeps attention locked on the unknown.
Over time, the mental load becomes constant. The account stays present in thought even when nothing new appears.
This page does not define an outcome or next step.
Its role is recognition only.
To name the moment when managing uncertainty stops working and becomes its own source of strain.