Flourish Health & Wellbeing eMag - Latest Edition - Flipbook - Page 11
Three flavours of over optimisation
health data grows, the
challenge shifts from
what we can measure
to what humans can
realistically process
and regulate.
When health becomes
overly data driven, it can
shift from motivation into
昀椀xation. You can start
feeling anxious about
a low sleep score even
when you initially woke
up feeling 昀椀ne. In other
words, the data can begin
overriding the body.
Optimisation fatigue: What once
felt aspirational can start to feel like
obligation. Routines to maintain,
standards to uphold, and visible proof
that you are doing wellness right.
Tracking and marginal gains can feel
like a second job, especially when life is
already full.
Hypervigilance culture: As wellness
knowledge expands, so can vigilance.
More tracking, more testing, more
avoiding, more threat scanning. Health
choices can become driven by fear
rather than care, and perceived risk can
keep the stress response switched on.
Analysis paralysis: When every decision
has a metric attached, it is easy to get
stuck. Too many inputs, too many right
answers, and a growing fear of getting it
wrong. Health becomes a programmable
project rather than a lived experience.
