# problems come when we let our inner thoughts take over
> Which bring us to the third step to go from Crazy Mode to Ready Mode, and that is to get out of your head.[[(Darria Long, 2019)#^cgl2t]]
> Because, you see, we all get nervous. We all get scared, but it's what you do next that matters. That first feeling isn't the problem. It can be an important sign. The problem comes when we let it derail us. When that internal monologue starts and we catastrophize and we start to get that tunnel vision. That's how you think when you're in Crazy Mode, and you cannot solve anything that way.[[(Darria Long, 2019)#^5ors6]]