310. Why You Control Under Pressure | What Happens When Uncertainty Hits

The Kathie Owen Perspective Podcast · Aug 8, 2026 · 8m · transcript

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Pressure just hit the building.

Now what does your nervous system do?

Maybe your mind immediately starts searching for answers.

What do I do?

How do I fix this?

What if this goes wrong?

How can I make this work?

It feels like problem-solving.

But sometimes, something else is happening.

We’re trying to control uncertainty.

🎪 CONTROL UNDER PRESSURE

Control is one of the most common human patterns I observe when pressure enters the room.

And it doesn’t always look like someone telling everybody else what to do.

Sometimes control looks like:

🧠 Overthinking

📱 Checking your phone…