--- title: "8 Chronic Anxiety Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Chronic Anxiety quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Chronic Anxiety sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/john-burroughs-1157_anxiety_i-was-born-with-a-chronic-anxiety-about_39666.png" --- > [I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/i-was-born-with-a-chronic-anxiety-about-the-weather/) [John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/john-burroughs-1157_anxiety_i-was-born-with-a-chronic-anxiety-about_39666.png) > [“Chronic anxiety is a state more undesirable than any other, and we will try almost any maneuver to eliminate it. Modern man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-neale/chronic-anxiety-is-a-state-more-undesirable-than-any-other-and-we/) [Robert E. Neale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-neale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/robert-e-neale-58692_anxiety_chronic-anxiety-is-a-state-more-undesira_652584.jpg) > [One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/one-in-six-people-suffer-depression-or-a-chronic-anxiety-disorder/) [Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/polly-toynbee-21635_anxiety_one-in-six-people-suffer-depression-or-a_1296935.jpg) > [“Left unaddressed, chronic anxiety can disrupt many aspects of development, including a child's capacity to learn and ability to connect socially as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-kambolis/left-unaddressed-chronic-anxiety-can-disrupt-many-aspects-of/) [Michele Kambolis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michele-kambolis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/michele-kambolis-263065_anxiety_left-unaddressed-chronic-anxiety-can-dis_1636099.jpg) > [“Chronic anxiety is systemic; it is deeper and more embracing than community nervousness. Rather than something that resides within the psyche of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-h-friedman/chronic-anxiety-is-systemic-it-is-deeper-and-more-embracing-than/) [Edwin H. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-h-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/edwin-h-friedman-25568_anxiety_chronic-anxiety-is-systemic-it-is-deeper_1882333.jpg) > [“Chronic anxiety is a form of illness. It's not something you bring on yourself by how you feel on any given day.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-barnard/chronic-anxiety-is-a-form-of-illness-it-s-not-something-you-bring-on/) [Sara Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-barnard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/sara-barnard-44226_anxiety_chronic-anxiety-is-a-form-of-illness-it_2858651.jpg) > [For the price of intelligence as we now know it is chronic anxiety, anxiety which appears to increase—oddly enough—to the very degree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/for-the-price-of-intelligence-as-we-now-know-it-is-chronic-anxiety/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/alan-watts-587_anxiety_for-the-price-of-intelligence-as-we-now_3103119.jpg) > [“You can use your intelligence to fuel chronic anxiety and self-criticism, or you can use it to understand yourself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vironika-tugaleva/you-can-use-your-intelligence-to-fuel-chronic-anxiety-and-self/) [Vironika Tugaleva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vironika-tugaleva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/vironika-tugaleva-2648_intelligence_you-can-use-your-intelligence-to-fuel-ch_3205929.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chronic-anxiety/#itemlist", "name": "Chronic Anxiety Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Burroughs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/i-was-born-with-a-chronic-anxiety-about-the-weather/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/john-burroughs-1157_anxiety_i-was-born-with-a-chronic-anxiety-about_39666.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/john-burroughs-1157_anxiety_i-was-born-with-a-chronic-anxiety-about_39666.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/john-burroughs-1157_anxiety_i-was-born-with-a-chronic-anxiety-about_39666.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.” — John Burroughs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Chronic anxiety is a state more undesirable than any other, and we will try almost any maneuver to eliminate it. 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In time, children with high levels of anxiety are more likely to face depression, turn to substance use, become less likely to finish high school and may therefore have a harder time keeping a job or managing financially.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michele Kambolis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-kambolis/left-unaddressed-chronic-anxiety-can-disrupt-many-aspects-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/michele-kambolis-263065_anxiety_left-unaddressed-chronic-anxiety-can-dis_1636099.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/michele-kambolis-263065_anxiety_left-unaddressed-chronic-anxiety-can-dis_1636099.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/michele-kambolis-263065_anxiety_left-unaddressed-chronic-anxiety-can-dis_1636099.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Left unaddressed, chronic anxiety can disrupt many aspects of development, including a child's capacity to…” — Michele Kambolis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Chronic anxiety is systemic; it is deeper and more embracing than community nervousness. Rather than something that resides within the psyche of each one, it is something that can envelope, if not actually connect, people. It is a regressive emotional process that is quite different from the more familiar, acute anxiety we experience over specific concerns. Its expression is not dependent on time or events, even though specific happenings could seem to trigger it, and it has a way of reinforcing its own momentum. Chronic anxiety might be compared to the volatile atmosphere of a room filled with gas fumes, where any sparking incident could set off a conflagration, and where people would then blame the person who struck the match rather trying to disperse the fumes. The issues over which chronically anxious systems become concerned, therefore, are more likely to be the focus of their anxiety rather than its cause. This is why, for example, counselors, educators, and consultants who offer technical solutions for how to manage whatever brought the family in—conflict, money, parents, children, aging, sex—will rarely succeed in changing that family in any fundamental way. The anxiety that drives the problem simply switches to another focus. Assuming that what a family is worried about is what is “causing” its anxiety is tantamount to blaming a blown-away tree or house for attracting the tornado that uprooted it. As”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edwin H. 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