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BianDan··on Ask HN: Why do official-looking emails cause anxiety before I read them?
That framing resonates a lot. It really does feel less about the content and more about the imbalance — someone else has information or authority over you, and you don’t yet know what it means for you.I hadn’t thought of it explicitly as a power differential before, but that explains why the anxiety hits before any facts are known.