Do smart people suffer from anxiety?

This interpretation of anxiety, though, contradicts other studies showing a negative link between intelligence and anxiety. In Coplan’s study showing higher IQ in people with more severe symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, for instance, higher IQ correlated with lower worry in the control group. read more

Additional: When looking at stereotypes, you notice that the people portrayed as ‘smart’ will generally have more fears than, for example, the sport-orientated ‘not smart’ people (of whom will prolly have more instinctive fears.) I’m basing this off of personality types found in things like ‘high-school’ drama films/shows. read more

If you suffer from anxiety, social or otherwise, you might be tempted to think that your brain is just 'broken.' However, there is evidence to suggest that you might rather be - well - just too smart. read more