According to a study, anxious people whose minds wander all day may in fact be creative geniuses...

We all know at least one person who requires a lot of time before being able to understand what he or she wants to say or needs to do. These are the kinds of people who think a lot and are anxious. But one recent study confirms that these people are in fact creative and intelligent.
 
At least, this is how it's explained by Dr. Adam Perkins, an expert in biology and behavioral science:
 
'If you happen to have automatic negative and stressful thoughts, this is due to a high level of spontaneity and activity in your prefrontal cortex (Editor's note: the rear part of the brain). It is this area that handles threat perception and consciousness. Constantly stressed people panic more easily, because their responsiveness and reactivity is higher than average. In other words, this also means that you can feel negative emotions with no threat present. Here, it's the imagination working. Your unconscious mind constructs a stressful situation, when one does not exist.'
 
Somehow, anxiety is the root of imagination. In recent years, many important discoveries have been made because of a concern or worry. For example: the discovery of nuclear energy was made following concern about non-renewable energy sources; cutting edge weapons were invented because of the fear of an invasion; many medical inventions and cures were invented because of concerns due to illness or death.
 
We have some verification as to the validity of the data for our theory, because it is easy to see that many geniuses seem to have a tendency for the dark and unfortunate, which hints at the fact that they are rather high on the neurosis spectrum.
 
For example, think about the lives of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Vincent Van Gogh, Kurt Cobain, etc.