--- title: "2 Anxiety Shame Quotes by 1 author" description: "Browse 2 Anxiety Shame quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Anxiety Shame sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/harriet-lerner-4248_anxiety_everyone-freaks-out-sometimes-the-best-w_194091.jpg" --- > [“Everyone freaks out. Sometimes the best we can do with fear is befriend it. Expect it and understand that fear will always reappear. Eventually it subsides. It will return. The real culprits are our knee jerk responses to fear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-lerner/everyone-freaks-out-sometimes-the-best-we-can-do-with-fear-is/) [Harriet Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-lerner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/harriet-lerner-4248_anxiety_everyone-freaks-out-sometimes-the-best-w_194091.jpg) > [“When we think of fear, we think of a 'fear of' something. Far more daunting is the challenge of how to conduct ourselves in the dailiness of love and work when anxiety is high and shame kicks in. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-lerner/when-we-think-of-fear-we-think-of-a-fear-of-something-far-more/) [Harriet Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-lerner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/harriet-lerner-4248_anxiety_when-we-think-of-fear-we-think-of-a-fear_553868.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety-shame/#itemlist", "name": "Anxiety Shame Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everyone freaks out. Sometimes the best we can do with fear is befriend it. Expect it and understand that fear will always reappear. Eventually it subsides. It will return. 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