Am I Normal?habits
I re-read a text message three times before sending it as if I am submitting a legal document
Text review behaviour is shaped by the permanence of written communication and the loss of tonal context. Without body language or voice, tone is easily misread, so the brain compensates by running error-checking loops. For people with social anxiety, this can escalate into extended pre-send deliberation.
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Related fact
Autocorrect errors have caused significant personal and professional consequences for millions of people — the brain learned this lesson quickly after phones became widespread.