Here are 7 ways to bring optimism into your life and help reduce anxious feelings:

A little anxiety can be a good thing — motivating you to act quickly in the face of danger, for example, or inspiring caution with your finances. But when you can’t control your worries, they can harm your health, particularly if you’re 50 or older.

The 5 Worst Foods for Your Anxiety

1. Alcohol. Believe it or not, that beverage you’re drinking to quell your social anxiety is actually making it worse.
2. Caffeine. First, they want to take away your booze and now coffee?
3. Aged, fermented, and cultured foods.
4. Sneaky added sugar.
5. Conventional nondairy creamer.

1. Change your brain.
2. Breakdown your fears.
3. Surround yourself with optimists.
4. Make a short list of people who make you feel good.
5. State a positive intention every day.
6. Get outside and be mindful.
7. Smile your way to joy.

Some examples of “anxious” thoughts:

• “What if I can’t do it?”
• I’m going to die of a heart attack.”
• “People are going to laugh at me if I mess up during the presentation.”
• I’m going to go crazy if I can’t stop feeling so anxious.”
• “Things are not going to work out.”
• “I’m an idiot.”

You tend to worry about things It could suggest greater intelligence. Research from 2015 supports a link between verbal intelligence and a tendency to worry or ruminate. A small 2011 study also links anxiety to intelligence. Study authors explain that people with high IQs might either worry a lot or worry very little.

7 Signs You’re Not As Smart As You Think You Are

1. You’re more of a talker than a listener.
2. You show off only the good stuff and make some up.
3. You’re always in the middle of a storm.
4. You discourage people instead of lifting them up.
5. You prefer lowbrow entertainment.
6. You’re always so busy.
7. You’re a guy who sleeps around.

5 Signs You Might Actually Be A Genius

• You Talk To Yourself. Before you assume those who talk to themselves have lost their marbles, re-evaluate the cause.
• You Have Social Anxiety.
• You’re A Chronic Worrier.
• You Stay Up Late & Get Little Sleep.
• You Value Daydreaming.

You often think you’re wrong. It’s the classic sign of the Dunning-Kruger effect, a type of cognitive bias described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger in which people believe they’re smarter and more skilled than they actually are.

Steve Jobs’ IQ was on par with Einstein’s Wai has estimated that Jobs had a high IQ of 160, based upon Jobs having once said that as a fourth grader, he tested at a level equivalent to a high school sophomore.

Joe Rogan has an IQ of 127 based off his test results from the BMI Certified IQ Test he took.