The Real Cost Calculator
An open decision holds your nervous system in a low-grade threat state. It stays there until you close it.
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Time open
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Attention drawn
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A conservative estimate of the attention this decision has drawn while it stayed open — resource spent holding the question, not answering it.
Your system stays on standby, scanning. Standby isn't rest. It's the most expensive state the body runs.
An open decision registers as an open threat. The nervous system won't stand down until it closes.
Part of you stays posted on this. That guard never comes down, and the body can't recover behind it.
The cost isn't the wrong choice. It's the open one.
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