A small amount of anxiety can help you think more creatively.
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When we worry about an upcoming deadline or feel overcome before an exam, it may seem absurd, almost insulting, imagine that this has an advantage.
There can be no doubt that extreme anxiety is very weakening. However, at moderate levels, our nerve feelings can make us solucing smarter problems and feed the original thought. Anxiety can even benefit our health.
To understand why, we can see anxiety as a kind of alarm. Bring our attention to a situation that requires action, and greater sensitivity to these signals helps us respond more quickly. “Physiological excitation and worrying thoughts operate faster than our conscious evaluation of how demanding is a situation and if we have the resources to handle it,” he says Todd KashdanDirector of the Welfare Laboratory of the George Mason University in Virginia. “This greater conscience helps us make more informed decisions.”
As evidence, Kashdan points out the research that tested the anxiety levels of university students before deceiving them to believe they had infected a computer with a virus. Those who were more anxious Ignored distractions When he is aimed at telling you about the problem.
Similar reasoning can explain why an aspect of personality trait neuroticism, related to concern and vulnerability, was found in another study Linked to lower mortality during the study period. If you are constantly concerned about your health, you are more likely to seek medical help in the first signal …
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