Anticipation Quote by Lucy Grealy

“Anticipation of pain leads to fear, and fear amplifies pain,” he says. “Expectation of relief from pain increases the opioids in the brain, makes…

— Gregg Hurwitz

“Fear and anxiety and sadness are not necessarily always undesirable or unhelpful states of mind; rather, they are often representatives of the necessary pain…

— Mark Manson

Somehow the anticipation of pain can be even more troubling, more a misery than the pain itself.

— Joanne Harris

Pain is always emotional. Fear and depression keep constant company with chronic hurting.

— Siri Hustvedt

Pain explains a great deal of human conduct, but the fear of pain even more.

— Neil Abramson

Pain: an uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be…

— Ambrose Bierce

“A common misconception is that some people are only in pain because they are weak, anxious, depressed, or do not deal well with stress.…

— Tasha Stanton

Pain is an integral part of life, accepting pain as a blessing and patience are an integral part of Wisdom.

— Anonymous

There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we…

— Florynce Kennedy

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.

— Pema Chodron

The thing about pain is that it demands to be felt.

— Anonymous

To diminish the suffering of pain, we need to make a crucial distinction between the pain of pain, and the pain we create by…

— Howard Cutler