"I am worried."
"About what?"
"That I am going to get fired."
or
"That I am going to fail this exam."
or
"That I will embarrass myself at tomorrow's event...
The picture above shows the Yerkes–Dodson Law (1908), a well-established law in psychology. It states that the performance increases with physiological and mental arousal—such...
Anxiety consists of three primary, interconnected components:
Feelings and thoughts
Physical symptoms
Avoidance
Feelings and thoughts
Anxious thoughts and feelings include thinking...