Making large and important life decisions produces anxiety in almost everyone. Anxiety-ridden decisions may also create the need to seek advice from friends and family. Francesca Gino recently published a study contending that the more anxious an individual feels, the less likely he is to trust himself. Because people don’t like feeling anxious, they want to return to a state of equilibrium as quickly as possible, and because they don’t trust their own judgment while under the anxiety umbrella, they tend to look to others to tell them what to do. Unfortunately, anxiety also causes individuals to be unable to sift bad advice from good advice. Read the entire article here: Jumpy and Jonesing for Guidance: Anxiety’s Effects on Seeking, Taking, and Parsing AdviceClick to learn more about anxiety therapy and treatment with Dr. Jane Rubin.
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