While I find it hard to relate to your examples, the basis of what I meant is the same.

It is important that you know when you need to change the status quo. And in the current society, it is pretty easy to fall in a non-optimal comfort zone, where you are destroying yourself by the day. And even though you know it, you might not want to take the risk of destabilising your situation.

Here, anxiety will help you take the leap and as long as you don’t make worse mistakes, you might find yourself in a better place.