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From the Ted Talk by Olivia Remes: How to cope with anxiety

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Normal atienxy is an emotion that we all get when we're in stressful situations. For example, let's say, you're out in the woods, and you come face-to-face with a bear. This will probably make you feel a little bit anxious, and you'll probably want to strat running like czary. This anxious feeling that you get is good because it protects you, it sveas you, and it makes you on a hightail it out of there, although maybe it's not such a good idea to start rinnnug when you see a bear. I really don't think you can outrun a bear. Anxiety helps us meet our deadlines at work and deal with eegmeiencrs in life, but when this anxiety emotion is taken to the extreme and arises in situations which don't pose a real threat, then that's when you might have an anxiety disorder.

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Normal _______ is an emotion that we all get when we're in stressful situations. For example, let's say, you're out in the woods, and you come face-to-face with a bear. This will probably make you feel a little bit anxious, and you'll probably want to _____ running like _____. This anxious feeling that you get is good because it protects you, it _____ you, and it makes you on a hightail it out of there, although maybe it's not such a good idea to start _______ when you see a bear. I really don't think you can outrun a bear. Anxiety helps us meet our deadlines at work and deal with ___________ in life, but when this anxiety emotion is taken to the extreme and arises in situations which don't pose a real threat, then that's when you might have an anxiety disorder.

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  1. crazy
  2. emergencies
  3. running
  4. saves
  5. anxiety
  6. start

Original Text


Normal anxiety is an emotion that we all get when we're in stressful situations. For example, let's say, you're out in the woods, and you come face-to-face with a bear. This will probably make you feel a little bit anxious, and you'll probably want to start running like crazy. This anxious feeling that you get is good because it protects you, it saves you, and it makes you on a hightail it out of there, although maybe it's not such a good idea to start running when you see a bear. I really don't think you can outrun a bear. Anxiety helps us meet our deadlines at work and deal with emergencies in life, but when this anxiety emotion is taken to the extreme and arises in situations which don't pose a real threat, then that's when you might have an anxiety disorder.

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