Over Thinking

“Fear allows you to react to a potential threat in good time. Being too happy all the time means that you don’t think about potential problems. It’s hard to anticipate something you’re not thinking about. Thus, the ultra ­cheerful are at a disadvantage when they need to overcome adversity. This is especially true for rare or complex problems that are difficult to expect. People with anxiety are sometimes responding to a threat that doesn’t exist. But, the response means that their imagination is highly active. An active imagination keeps you safe from threats that other people might not pick up on.” Scientists have explained in the study that the part of the brain which manages threat perception showed “high levels of spontaneous activity” in people who are more stressed than others. A strong emotion such as fear allows a person to stress over and think extensively about potential threats compared to people who are perpetually happy. This fear allows a person to react faster to a threat, which often too cheerful people do not anticipate. Even for issues which are difficult to read at times, people who worry could be at an advantage over extremely happy people just by a margin of thinking more. Another surprising find of the study reveals that anxious people are more likely to have highly imaginative minds because they are always expecting non existent threats. Picking up on this train of thought, the same imaginative mind will pick up more easily on threats which will go unnoticed by many others