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Is there such a thing as healthy anxiety? Explain your answer.

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This solution discusses the positives and negatives of anxiety. The text contains 290 words, examples, and references.

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Everybody gets the case of the jitters or butterflies. It is a natural human condition. It is commonly known as anxiety; however, when it becomes chronic worrying and debilitating, that is when anxiety disorder manifests itself.
New studies show that a certain level of anxiety is healthy. It allows for a certain value for survival (Sreeraman, 2010). For example, during a study clinicians measured the level of anxiety in gamblers. While some had a high level of anxiety preventing them from losing ...

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