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Turn Anxiety into Energy

Writing that worry list isn't as silly as it may seem. It can actually be the first step to tackling troubles

Being blessed rather unfairly with the ability to see into what we think the future may be gives humans the ability to worry beyond the limits of reasonability where anxiety is no longer helpful or constructive. There are degrees of generalised anxiety built into each person; but when it begins to disrupt daily life in some way, it's time to seek help. If you can't concentrate on doing a good job on your presentation because you're too busy visualising negative reactions and, hence, end up putting up a poor show, it's a red flag your anxiety is not constructive or goading you into action, but instead is crippling.

Before heading to the counsellor or trying, unwisely, to take pills, one can

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