People With Anxiety - Hardwired

Interesting article:  http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/103733-People-with-anxiety-may-be-hard-wired-to-see-world-differently

Apparently people with anxiety are hardwired to see the world differently.

“Our study suggests that people with anxiety cannot discriminate, at the most basic level, between stimuli that have an emotional content and similar mundane or daily stimuli,” Paz said by email.

This is in line with the old Tamil adage - அரண்டவன் கண்களுக்கு  இருண்டதெல்லாம் பேய். Meaning that to the eyes of the anxious person every dark thing is a ghost.

The author also says:

“If you’re anxious, you’re hardly to blame,” Denys said by email. “It is not a choice or a lack of free willpower.”

Wonder what then are the things that are within our will to address. 

Published on

3/9/16, 3:43 PM

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