Posted by BeardedLady on October 15, 2002, at 5:28:19
In reply to Does anxiety serve any purpose?, posted by Tabßitha on October 15, 2002, at 3:19:49
If you have anxiety regularly and for no reason, you may have an edge on those who don't in true crises. You and I worry about nothing, get panic attacks over silly things (like whether we'll sleep) or over nothing (heart palpatations while standing in line at the grocery store).
But when the old lady plowed head first into the car next to me (almost me!) and kept going, hitting seven cars all the way up the wrong side of a busy street, I was the first one to the phone to call for police and an ambulance.
And I was the first one to the scene when a Jeep overturned with four teens inside. And when I was robbed at gunpoint, I kept calm and collected, memorizing the robbers' faces and planning a course of action.
I'm not saying this is true for everyone, but my psychiatrist and therapist both said this is not unusual. Folks with random anxiety behave more calmly in true emergencies.
So maybe we're called upon for some higher work, which is why we have anxiety!
Nah.
beardy
poster:BeardedLady
thread:31168
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20021010/msgs/31171.html