RARE: The Psychological Weapon Your Anxiety Doesn’t Want You to Find
- Dr Ritesh Malik
- May 29
- 3 min read
You spiral.
You hate yourself for spiralling.
Then you spiral harder.
This loop kills momentum, guts your confidence, and shreds your sanity.
RARE ends the loop.

It’s a 4-step protocol built on cold, clinical science CBT, mindfulness, neuroplasticity. But it doesn’t feel like therapy. It feels like finally holding the controls.
You don’t need toxic positivity. You need a weapon.
RARE = Recognize. Accept. Redefine. Evolve.
Simple in theory. Brutal in practice. Life-changing if you commit.
Step 1: Recognise
Your brain’s throwing a fit:
> “I’m not enough.”
“I always screw it up.”
“Everyone’s ahead. I’m a fraud.”
Catch it. Name it. That’s your first act of power. Until you see the monster, you can’t slay it.
This is not positive thinking. It’s battlefield awareness. Recognition is the trigger that kills autopilot.

Step 2: Accept
This is the hardest one.
Acceptance isn’t approval. It’s acknowledgment without resistance.
You don’t gaslight yourself into feeling okay. You sit in the suck—without flinching.
> “Yes, I feel like a failure.”
“Yes, I’m scared.”
“Yes, this hurts.”
Pain is real. But pain becomes suffering when you fight it. Acceptance slices the suffering in half.
Step 3: Redefine
Now the shift. You reframe—not to lie to yourself, but to liberate yourself.
> “This isn’t failure—it’s feedback.”
“This anxiety means I care.”
“This pain? Fuel.”
Redefinition isn’t a cute quote. It’s rewiring. You’re telling your brain a new story—and it listens.

Step 4: Evolve
This is the test.
Do you loop back to old habits? Or do you choose better?
Evolving means action. It means courage. It means no longer being the victim of your thoughts—but their architect.
RARE isn’t a trick. It’s a transformation. One painful, deliberate loop at a time.

Why RARE Works
It’s built from the most battle-tested methods in psychology and neuroscience:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Thought identification + reframe.
Mindfulness: Observe without judgment.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT): Drop resistance, choose aligned action.
Neuroplasticity: Repetition rewires response.
This isn’t “manifest your reality” fluff. This is how soldiers build mental toughness. How trauma survivors rebuild identity. How peak performers reset under pressure.
We didn’t invent the parts. We forged them into a weapon.
What It Feels Like to Use RARE
Before an interview, your mind screams:
> “I’ll screw it up like always.”
You catch it. Recognise.
You allow it. Accept.
You flip it. Redefine.
You breathe deep and walk in anyway. Evolve.
That’s the loop.
You’ll fail. You’ll forget. But the more you run RARE, the faster it kicks in. Until it's second nature.

What RARE Isn’t
It’s not journaling in a bubble bath.
It’s not fake calm or “just be positive.”
It doesn’t deny your trauma. It weaponizes it.
RARE is for people who are tired of being dragged by their own minds. Who want agency back.
The Future Is Fractured. You Need Inner Armor.
Attention is fractured. Culture is chaos. Everything’s optimized to hijack your emotions.
You can’t control that.
But you can control your inner software.
That’s what RARE is: a system upgrade for your psychology.
Try It. Break the Loop.
Start small. One spiral. One trigger. One loop.
Run RARE through it.
Feel the shift.
Then do it again.
It’s not magic. It’s engineering.
And once you feel it work
You’ll never go back.
Your Rare guide, :P
Ritesh <3
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Dr. Malik, this article on the RARE model is truly insightful — a powerful yet accessible guide to transforming anxiety into clarity. Thank you for articulating something so complex in a way that feels both scientific and human.
Your ability to simplify deep psychological patterns resonates deeply with me. As someone currently exploring the Universal Law of Equilibrium (ULE), I found striking alignment between RARE and the scientific principles I've been working on — especially in how both models highlight the role of balance and redefinition in moving forward.
Of course, I share this not as an expert but as a curious learner who's eager to grow under the guidance of minds like yours. If there’s ever a possibility to…