“According to recent epidemiological data, the “lifetime incidence” of anxiety disorder is more than 25 percent—which, if true, means that one in… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
I wanted to put a human face on anxiety disorders. I thought people who suffer from anxiety might recognize themselves and gain… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
Barbra Streisand developed overwhelming performance anxiety at the height of her career; for 27 years she refused to perform for the general… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
All the textbooks talk about avoidance as a classic hallmark of anxiety disorder. So you need a therapist who is sympathetic and… — Scott Stossel About Copy Share Image
During high school, I would purposely lose tennis and squash matches to escape the agony of anxiety that competitive situations would provoke… — Scott Stossel Agony Copy Share Image
“The truth is that anxiety is at once a function of biology and philosophy, body and mind, instinct and reason, personality and… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
It's possible that I would have been better suited to being a penguin keeper. Starting out, I thought being a writer would… — Scott Stossel About 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 Anxiety 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 About Copy Share Image
When I was 5 and my sister was 3, we went on a family trip, and she ate cheese off the floor… — Scott Stossel Airport Copy Share Image
People who suffer from anxiety are very good at hiding it. That can often be a contributor to the anxiety because the… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Studies of the DSM-II found that when two psychiatrists consulted the same patient, they gave the same DSM diagnosis only between 32… — Scott Stossel Time Copy Share Image
An astonishing portion of my life is built around trying to evade vomiting and preparing for the eventuality that I might. — Scott Stossel Around Copy Share Image
“Hippocrates, the ancient Greek doctor, concluded in the fourth century B.C. that pathological anxiety was a straightforward biological and medical problem. “If… — Scott Stossel Ancient greek Copy Share Image
I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my… — Scott Stossel Adulation Copy Share Image
Even though my mom herself was anxious, I think she didn't know how to deal with it in her kid, and my… — Scott Stossel About Copy Share Image
“For the social phobic, any kind of performance—musical, sporting, public speaking—can be terrifying because failure will reveal the weakness and inadequacy within.… — Scott Stossel Confidence Copy Share Image
Many nights, I would begin the evening fueled by caffeine and nicotine, which I needed to propel me out of torpor and… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
“But less so than I did before. Not long ago in my own therapy with Dr. W., we moved gingerly into “imaginal”… — Scott Stossel Long ago Copy Share Image
Some people say that in stressful situations I can seem unflappable, and I think that's partly because I'm always kind of internally… — Scott Stossel Always Copy Share Image
My parents were not perfect, but no one's parents are. As childhoods go, mine was pretty comfortable and good in a lot… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
As recently as 1979, neither panic attacks nor panic disorder officially existed. — Scott Stossel Attacks Copy Share Image
“I smile gently while churning inside and thinking about what I’ve learned is a signature characteristic of the phobic personality: “the need… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
Somehow, in many of those near-miss instances, I've managed to fight through and continue. But in all these situations, even when they're… — Scott Stossel Adulation 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 Actually Copy Share Image
