However, recent research shows that worrying might be beneficial to your health.
A recent study in the journal of Emotion looked at how people manage stress while waiting for high-stakes results.
Researchers found that people who tried coping techniques failed at suppressing distress.
Also, when news arrived, worriers were more elated than the relaxed participants.
And, if the news was bad or good, the worriers were better prepared.
How else can worrying be good for your health?
Listen in as Julie K. Norem, PhD, shares the recent study on worrying and how it might actually be healthy for you.
Julie K. Norem joined the faculty at Wellesley College in 1992, and she teaches courses in personality psychology, research methods, and gender, as well as a seminar on optimism and pessimism. Her research focuses on the strategies people use to pursue their goals, with an emphasis on the strategy of defensive pessimism; and on the ways self-knowledge influences adaptation, performance, and social relationships, particularly among those who feel like impostors.