> Probing more deeply, Penney found that this seemed to correlate with verbal intelligence – the kind tested by word games in IQ tests, compared to prowess at s

> Probing more deeply, Penney found that this seemed to correlate with verbal intelligence – the kind tested by word games in IQ tests, compared to prowess at spatial puzzles (which, in fact, seemed to reduce the risk of anxiety). He speculates that greater eloquence might also make you more likely to verbalise anxieties and ruminate over them. While I'm nowhere near the same IQ as some of the people on that list, I do believe I have strong verbal intelligence. And yes, I do suffer a lot from anxiety, most of which stems from me explaining these anxieties in my own head.