A person who tends to worry or feel anxious about things, especially things that might go wrong.
From Old English 'wyrgan' meaning to strangle or choke, evolved to mean mental anguish; -er suffix added to make 'one who worries.'
Research shows that 85% of things people worry about never actually happen—worriers are essentially practicing worst-case scenarios that their brains treat as real threats.
Feminine-coded anxiety ('neurotic,' 'worrier,' 'nervous') stereotypically contrasts with masculine stoicism; clinically pathologizes normal caution in women while normalizing it in men—creating diagnostic bias.
Use 'risk-conscious,' 'cautious,' or 'detail-oriented' for neutral framing. If clinical concern, specify 'anxiety disorder' rather than gendered personality type.
["cautious person","detail-focused","risk-conscious"]
Feminist psychology reclaimed anxiety awareness as adaptive intelligence, challenging bias in diagnostics that over-pathologize women's legitimate environmental threat assessment.
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