Healthy Levels Of Anxiety Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

Certainly there are
healthy levels
of anxiety that
signal our brains
to be afraid of
things that are
truly worth
being afraid of,
like oncoming
traffic when we
cross a street.

The type of anxiety
that sends our
thoughts spiraling
is when our emotional
reaction to scary
things goes beyond
rational to illogical
because our brains '
fear networks
are in overdrive.

We keep finding
new concerns to
worry about,
as if by constant
stewing we can
prepare ourselves
for what is to come.