Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with 6 Minute English! Can anxiety be a good thing? The psychiatrist Randolph Nesse suggests that anxiety is a result of natural selection. This is the principle of evolution whereby random changes in the biology of a living thing can make it more likely to survive in a particular environment. Rob and Neil discuss mental health and teach you related vocabulary.

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𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲
a feeling of worry and fear

𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
a principle of evolution when random changes in an organism’s biology may lead it to being more successful in its environment

𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞
to have an important impact on the way something develops

𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡
to manage a difficult situation

𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
possibly causing death

𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟 (talking about an alarm)
starts making its warning noise

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