A new study shows that people with generalized anxiety disorder unconsciously label harmless things as threats, which may serve to further their anxiety.

一项新研究表明患有广泛性焦虑障碍的人会无意识地将无害的东西当做威胁对待，进一步加深他们的焦虑。

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Scout understands there is strength in being gentle. He treats others as he wants to be treated. He does not hurt or kill harmless things without reason.

童子军应理解文明的力量。己所不欲，勿施于人。不无故伤害或杀死无害的生物。

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Or harmless things, depending on how mean the person who wrote the virus is.

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We human beings have a tendency to perceive some relatively harmless things as dangerous while we ignore dangerous things we ought to be worrying about.

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"We have seen an epidemic of excuses wrongly citing health and safety as a reason to prevent people from doing pretty harmless things with only very minor risks attached, " he said.

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