Why anxiety can be good for you – even if it feels terrible
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Rather than avoiding it at all costs, we should harness the emotion in a positive way, says a new book.
By Marianne Power
I once read that people who get depressed tend to live in the past, while people who suffer from anxiety spend their days imagining the future. That made sense to me.
As a depressive sort, I can spend many an hour reliving everything I’ve ever done wrong, ever. As hobbies go, I wouldn’t recommend it. But in lockdown I picked up an exciting new one: sitting bolt upright in bed at 3am, heart pounding, with a sense that something terrible was about to happen. What, I didn’t know.
The pounding heart came back when I’d write an article. What if there were a mistake in it? What if I were sued? If friends didn’t text back immediately, I panicked that I’d done something wrong. Contrarily, I would also panic if I got a message asking if I was around to chat. What had I done?
Having spent years not really understanding anxiety, I’ve now had a taste of it and I’m not a fan...
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