Accepting Anxiety, Part 2/2: Can Anxiety Be Good? Page #3

[Roman]:
By the horn of a unicorn, that WAS going somewhere! I normally would have fallen asleep, but I am not feeling like my fabulous self right now. I am bitterly jittery, and not very glittery.

[Anxiety]:
So, with me, aren't you just always on the other side of that... curve thing?

[Logan]:
Yerkes–Dodson curve.

[Anxiety]:
Yeah, that.

[Thomas]:
There's ways that I can work on that, Anxiety, but I'd rather work on it WITH you than without you at all.

[Anxiety]:
How?

[Thomas]:
I just need to make you feel listened to. You're like- like a really important alarm clock. Sure, the noise can be sudden and a little unpleasant sometimes, but it's important for me to recognize the concern, register it, and carry on, changing my actions, if necessary.

[Logan]:
You're what made Thomas double and triple-check things he needed to study before taking tests and-

[Patton]:
Also, you know that feeling of tinglyness after achieving something he didn't think was possible!

[Logan]:
E equals MC scared!

[Patton]:
Sorry, was that too loud? I was worried I wouldn't get another chance to speak and I wanted to share my thoughts before I forgot it.

[Thomas]:
Anxiety... In small doses, you're what pressures me to get out of bed. To get moving, and doing stuff. I'm lucky to have you the way that I do.

[Logan]:
Some people have anxiety that's heightened to the point where it becomes an incredibly difficult and hindering condition. Whether it's a symptom of a different issue or an anxiety disorder or the unfortunate result of something someone may be going through.

[Thomas]:
And I don't want to downplay any of that, but I think, maybe I could benefit from trying to understand you better.

[Anxiety]:
I mean, it's cool to see you all trying to be helpful. Well, most of you, but-

[Roman]:
Anxiety, you're... what pushes Thomas to rehearse and rehearse before performances. You are that nervousness that he feels right before going on stage, but just as he does so... you ease up, and... you let his excitement and passion for performance take over. I think that's as good a sign as any that... you're willing to work as a team... and that you make us... better. Was that good? Did I do good?!

[Patton]:
I'm gonna cry. I just don't want to lose any of you.

[Logan]:
Yerkes–Dodson!

[Anxiety]:
Uh oh...

[Thomas]:
Uh, what the heck is going on?

[Anxiety]:
These guys have all been in this corner of your mind for too long... It's corrupting them. All their main functions are starting to work to drive you far over to the other end of that curve.

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