Nobody likes to feel anxious.Anxiety is among the most common and criticized of human emotions.Studies show that over 100 million people in the U.S.jye.ai suffer from an anxiety disorder in their lifetime.Rates，especially among the young，have been rising for the past decade.It seems，then，that our efforts to contain anxiety aren't working.
   As a clinical psychologist and neuroscience researcher，I believe that we mental health professionals have made a terrible mistake.Feeling anxious isn't the problem.The problem is that we don't understand how to respond constructively to anxiety.That's why it's increasingly hard to know how to feel good.
   This "bad" feeling isn't a failure of mental health.It's a triumph of human evolution：the ability to think about the uncertain future and prepare for it.The unpleasant emotion，for example，fear，signals that you may be in danger-from a predator，bully or speeding car-and readies your body and mind to fight or take flight.
   Anxiety，by contrast，has nothing to do with present threats.Instead，it turns you into a mental time traveler，drawing your attention to what lies ahead.Will you succeed or fail in that interview for a job you desperately want？Anxiety prompts your mind and body into action.Your worries force you to prepare thoroughly for the interview，while your heart races and pumps blood to your brain so that you stay sharp and focused，prepared to pursue your goals.
   Research has also shown something that many scientists didn't expect：higher levels of dopamine（多巴胺）when we're anxious.We have long known that dopamine soars when an experience is pleasurable and also in anticipation of rewards.The fact that anxiety also boosts dopamine levels points to its role in making positive possibilities into reality.
   Many of us feel overwhelmed by lasting anxiety and don't see any benefit from it.We have come to believe that the best way to cope is to get rid of it.But treating anxiety like a disease prevents us from distinguishing between ordinary anxiety and anxiety disorders.We need to develop a new mindset about this misunderstood emotion.Anxiety can't do its job unless it makes us uncomfortable，forcing us to sit up and pay attention.We don't need to like anxiety-just to use it in the right way.

（1）Why is it increasingly hard for us to know how to feel good？

Because we don't understand how to respond constructively to anxiety.

Because we don't understand how to respond constructively to anxiety.

（2）How does anxiety help one in a job interview？

Anxiety prompts one's/a person's mind and body into action.
[One's/A person's worries force him to prepare thoroughly for the interview，while his heart races and pumps blood to his brain so that he stays sharp and focused，prepared to pursue his goals.]

Anxiety prompts one's/a person's mind and body into action.
[One's/A person's worries force him to prepare thoroughly for the interview，while his heart races and pumps blood to his brain so that he stays sharp and focused，prepared to pursue his goals.]

（3）Please decide which part is false in the following statement，then underline it and explain why.
Research has shown that dopamine soars when an experience is pleasurable，but it is in lower levels when we are anxious.

Research has shown that dopamine soars when an experience is pleasurable，but it is in lower levels when we are anxious.
According to the passage，we have higher levels of dopamine when we're anxious.

Research has shown that dopamine soars when an experience is pleasurable，but it is in lower levels when we are anxious.
According to the passage，we have higher levels of dopamine when we're anxious.

（4）How do you cope with anxiety positively in your daily life？ （In about 40 words）

Possible version：I'm usually anxious about the tons of work ahead.To deal with it，I make a checklist of the tasks in order of priority.Whenever I finish one，I'll tick it off.In this way，anxiety pushes me forward and I translate it into productivity.

Possible version：I'm usually anxious about the tons of work ahead.To deal with it，I make a checklist of the tasks in order of priority.Whenever I finish one，I'll tick it off.In this way，anxiety pushes me forward and I translate it into productivity.