Getting as set off by it
Hi there
I'm reading an article about anxiety. The author says that when people feel anxious, they try to make themselves feel better by applying all kinds of coping techniques (e.g. deep breathing). Then it goes on to say:
Those tools have value, but if you get better at simply tolerating your physical anxiety, and not getting as set off by it, then you won't need to use them as much.
I know what to set off means, but isn't here used as an adjective? Like, could you say anxyety makes you set-off? Or it is instead used as a normal verb?
Thank you
Top answer
That is poorly written. "Set off" here means "detonated", the way you might set off dynamite. It is slangy here and is clumsily combined with "as".
- That is poorly written.
- "Set off" here means "detonated", the way you might set off dynamite.
- It is slangy here and is clumsily combined with "as".
- He is trying to say you should try not to let anxiety overly affect your mood, which sounds tricky to me.
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That is poorly written. "Set off" here means "detonated", the way you might set off dynamite. It is slangy here and is clumsily combined with "as". He is trying to say you should try not to let anxiety overly affect your mood, which sounds tricky to me.
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