To round things off, let’s indulge in a list of reasons why anxious people are not that bad to have around. Our anxiety does have some beautiful kickbacks for those in our orbit. Again, you might like to leave this lying around open to this page. Or Instagram it. With a #justsayin tag. Subtly and humbly, of course. Planning a picnic? Get an anxious mate on board—they’ll be able to provide you with a full itinerary of weather contingency plans. And better salad delegation techniques. Jerome Kagan, who spent sixty years studying anxiety, says fretters are “likely to be the most thorough workers
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