All the textbooks talk about avoidance as a classic hallmark of anxiety disorder. So you need a therapist who is sympathetic and… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
The fear of vomiting, which for me is one of the most original and most acute of my fears, is actually fairly… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
I have, since the age of about 2, been a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses. And I have, since the… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
There's a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias, and pretty much any object, experience, situation you can think of, there is someone… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, the anxiety will pass, which is easy for me to say when I'm not in the middle of an anxiety… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“But none of these treatments have fundamentally reduced the underlying anxiety that seems woven into my soul and hardwired into my body… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“Some social phobics find even positive attention to be aversive. Think of the young child who bursts into tears when guests sing… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“But even drugged to the gills, I remained filled with dread about the impending book tour, so I went also to a… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“for the existentialists, what generated anxiety was not the godlessness of the world, per se, but rather the freedom to choose between… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“While there is substantial evidence that specific phobias—particularly those based on fears that would have been adaptive in the state of nature,… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“According to recent epidemiological data, the “lifetime incidence” of anxiety disorder is more than 25 percent—which, if true, means that one in four of… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
I wanted to put a human face on anxiety disorders. I thought people who suffer from anxiety might recognize themselves and gain some comfort… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
Barbra Streisand developed overwhelming performance anxiety at the height of her career; for 27 years she refused to perform for the general public, appearing… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
All the textbooks talk about avoidance as a classic hallmark of anxiety disorder. So you need a therapist who is sympathetic and understanding but… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
During high school, I would purposely lose tennis and squash matches to escape the agony of anxiety that competitive situations would provoke in me. — Scott Stossel Copy Share
“The truth is that anxiety is at once a function of biology and philosophy, body and mind, instinct and reason, personality and culture. Even… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
It's possible that I would have been better suited to being a penguin keeper. Starting out, I thought being a writer would enable me… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
Generally speaking, the anxiety will pass, which is easy for me to say when I'm not in the middle of an anxiety attack. When… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
I have, since the age of about 2, been a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses. And I have, since the age of… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
When I was 5 and my sister was 3, we went on a family trip, and she ate cheese off the floor at an… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
People who suffer from anxiety are very good at hiding it. That can often be a contributor to the anxiety because the gap between… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
“Studies of the DSM-II found that when two psychiatrists consulted the same patient, they gave the same DSM diagnosis only between 32 and 42… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
An astonishing portion of my life is built around trying to evade vomiting and preparing for the eventuality that I might. — Scott Stossel Copy Share
“Hippocrates, the ancient Greek doctor, concluded in the fourth century B.C. that pathological anxiety was a straightforward biological and medical problem. “If you cut… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to… — Scott Stossel Copy Share
