--- title: "3 Avoid Anxiety Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Avoid Anxiety quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Avoid Anxiety sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/jonathan-berent-4272_ask-yourself_if-you-experience-feelings-of-inadequacy_494002.jpg" --- > [“If you experience feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem, your poor self-image may keep you from exploring your social self and getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-berent/if-you-experience-feelings-of-inadequacy-and-low-self-esteem-your/) [Jonathan Berent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-berent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/jonathan-berent-4272_ask-yourself_if-you-experience-feelings-of-inadequacy_494002.jpg) > [Singing when tensed helps you avoid anxiety and depression. I believe LOL](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikkie/singing-when-tensed-helps-you-avoid-anxiety-and-depression-i-believe/) [Nikkie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikkie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/nikkie-1657_anxiety_singing-when-tensed-helps-you-avoid-anxi_808977.jpg) > [“We may believe that anxiety and fear don't concern us because we avoid experiencing them. We may keep the scope of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-lerner/we-may-believe-that-anxiety-and-fear-don-t-concern-us-because-we/) [Harriet Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-lerner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/harriet-lerner-4248_anxiety_we-may-believe-that-anxiety-and-fear-don_1887019.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/avoid-anxiety/#itemlist", "name": "Avoid Anxiety Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you experience feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem, your poor self-image may keep you from exploring your social self and getting to know others. When fear causes inhibition, your chances of interactive success are severely diminished. Eventually, it will seem easier to avoid the anxiety of socializing than to go ahead and risk failure. The more you avoid these situations, the more you depend on family members for all your emotional support. In my treatment of individuals with social anxiety, these are the two personality profiles that inevitably surface. There is a direct connection between the two: If you avoid doing something that needs to be done, you probably depend on someone else to do it for you. For example, if you habitually avoid going to the bank, or making a phone call, how do these things get accomplished? Ask yourself: “When I avoid these things, who picks up the pieces?” You can’t have avoidance without an element of dependence. 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I believe LOL", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nikkie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikkie/singing-when-tensed-helps-you-avoid-anxiety-and-depression-i-believe/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/nikkie-1657_anxiety_singing-when-tensed-helps-you-avoid-anxi_808977.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/nikkie-1657_anxiety_singing-when-tensed-helps-you-avoid-anxi_808977.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/nikkie-1657_anxiety_singing-when-tensed-helps-you-avoid-anxi_808977.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Singing when tensed helps you avoid anxiety and depression. I believe LOL” — Nikkie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We may believe that anxiety and fear don't concern us because we avoid experiencing them. We may keep the scope of our lives narrow and familiar, opting for sameness and safety. We may not even know that we are scared of success, failure, rejection, criticism, conflict, competition, intimacy, or adventure, because we rarely test the limits of our competence and creativity. We avoid anxiety by avoiding risk and change. Our challenge: To be willing to become more anxious, via embracing new situations and stepping more fully into our lives.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harriet Lerner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-lerner/we-may-believe-that-anxiety-and-fear-don-t-concern-us-because-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/harriet-lerner-4248_anxiety_we-may-believe-that-anxiety-and-fear-don_1887019.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/harriet-lerner-4248_anxiety_we-may-believe-that-anxiety-and-fear-don_1887019.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/harriet-lerner-4248_anxiety_we-may-believe-that-anxiety-and-fear-don_1887019.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We may believe that anxiety and fear don't concern us because we avoid experiencing them. 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