“There is an anxiety in being yourself, though. There is the haunting question of "What if?" always lingering. What if who I… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
the boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance. — Mary Astor Copy Share Image
“Much of the anxiety we experience is either related to past experiences or future concerns. Intentional breathing brings us back to the… — Ginny L. Yttrup Copy Share Image
We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die. — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“The anxiety felt in anticipation of a disaster is far more disturbing than the actual encounter of the disaster itself for the… — Neelima Dalmia Adhar Copy Share Image
I suffered a lot from social anxiety, and being on set was really scary to me. That fear can cause limits in… — Keiynan Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself when apparent to the eyes ; and we find… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
“Wounds to the soul didn't just bleed; they ate at your very being. They fed on everything good, everything right, until you… — Sadie Allen Copy Share Image
No acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Allah will intervene into our emotional states. He can give you tranquillity again; whether it's anxiety, fear, grief, anger - whatever emotion,… — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
It's no wonder, that God's anxiety therapy includes a large, delightful dollop of gratitude. The anxious heart says, "Lord, if only I… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Ours has been called a culture of narcissism. The label is apt but can be misleading. It reads colloquially as selfishness and… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“When we start being too impressed by the results of our work, we slowly come to the erroneous conviction that life is… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“All day you have been on my mind, a steam iron pressing the convolutions from my cortex, ironing me flat. Worrying cooks… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
In the world of the dreamer there was solitude: all the exaltations and joys came in the moment of preparation for living.… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. which give… — William James Copy Share Image
“Barely halfway back, exhaustion sets in. What if I don’t make it? An edge of panic gets intercepted by a calmer inner… — Laurie Nadel Copy Share Image
My paintbrush is my razor, my body is my canvas. so many pictures cover my body. with each picture I paint, the… — Lauren Copy Share Image
“But reassurance can be the cruelest antidote to anxiety. Our rosy predictions both leave the anxious unprepared for the worst.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
When Russia started to regain some of its strength as an economy and as a state, the West's reaction - perhaps a… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
There's a real existential anxiety at having to exist not just in a generalised social framework, but a capitalist social framework. — Autre Ne Veut Copy Share Image
Confronting the worst-case scenario saps it of much of its anxiety-inducing power. Happiness reached via positive thinking can be fleeting and brittle,… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
“He loved that anxiety, that terrible and oppressive anxiety which he experienced during the game of dice, during the suspense of high… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“In the old days, when travelers would get lost, they would follow the stars and I love that idea. I wish that… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
Worry is not the symptom of a problematic life; it's the problem. Situations pass that make our life difficult, it's the worry… — Garrison Wynn Copy Share Image
We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
“as the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
In an underdeveloped society, the first anxiety is of infant mortality. In an advanced one it is to keep alive the aged. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts… — Virginia Ritterbusch Copy Share Image
I think what Jewish culture taught me and what the - and Jewish culture now is everyone's culture - is all these… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
God Is Great. If these three words together enshrine in our mind, heart and soul, then there is never worry, anxiety or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Panic and terror aren't the only kinds of fear. There are deeper kinds, more terrible kinds. Apprehension and heavy, heavy dread.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Still today, I cannot cross the threshold of a teaching institution without physical symptoms, in my chest and my stomach, of discomfort… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
According to the British Journal of Psychiatry, marijuana can cause panic attacks. I don't know . . . The only time I… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
“The panic was there, staring me down in the face, all the time, like I had a hoodie on backwards and I… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
I knew I couldn't go on like this, but I'd never been capable of simply nipping an anxiety in the bud. I… — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
“A person can hurry through or sleep walk through life, but whenever they stop to catch their breath or awaken from a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anxiety, depression, and suicide don't discriminate based on how much money you have - though it might make it easier for you… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
