Anxiety Scale

[ysabetwordsmith]

moonvoice has created an Anxiety Scale to gauge the amount and effects of nervousness that a person feels.  It works similar to pain scales that describe shifting levels of impairment as the problem worsens.  Note that some level of anxiety is healthy, as it discourages people from doing foolish and dangerous things.  If you or people you know are suffering from anxiety strong enough to undermine everyday life, this tool may help you measure it, and that information improves the chance of finding solutions.

Comments

[johnpalmer]

Technically, "a bit of anxiety" isn't very helpful as a warning system because the technical definition is "unfocused fear" - being afraid for no reason. A well developed fear sense and quick recognition of a dangerous situation, with appropriate fear and coping, is great for avoiding dangers.

It is normal to have some anxiety - and I'll grant, having some probably means your fear sense is working better than if you had none. A lot of low anxiety is based on imagined fears, and if you can't imagine any fears, there may well be something wrong with your fear sense.

(I'm now reminded of some scoffing gun nuts who insisted they had no fear of guns, as if it were wrong to have fear about actual, legitimate dangers. The reason I have careful muzzle awareness is discipline, sure, but the discipline is based in the fear of what could happen with a lapse.)