Maybe the point is not that we get anxious about things in terms of their actual severity, we just get anxious period. Saying people should "take a "chill pill"

Maybe the point is not that we get anxious about things in terms of their actual severity, we just get anxious period. Saying people should "take a "chill pill" might make you even more anxious, in fact, as they feel they are not really "supposed" to feel that way now.