28 Quotes Anyone Who Lives With Anxiety Will Understand And Appreciate

“Fighting against your thoughts is not an effective strategy, so what you can do instead is focus on replacement language. Give yourself some mantras to repeat to yourself throughout the day or when you are actively experiencing symptoms.”

— Robert Duff, amazon.com

“YOU NEED TO TAKE A DAMN BREAK. Actually, you need to take several breaks. Actually, you should take several breaks EVERY DAY. I know. Crazy concept, right? When you relax and recharge, you are gaining strength and clarity. You are enabling yourself to work, make decisions, and just exist more effici…”

— Robert Duff, amazon.com

“Not everything is black and white, but when you engage in polarized thinking, there are no such things as shades of grey.”

— Robert Duff, amazon.com

“One of the things that really maintains and worsens anxiety symptoms and panic symptoms is the phenomenon of getting worked up about the symptoms themselves.”

— Robert Duff, amazon.com

“You can help temper yourself to better withstand anxiety by allowing yourself to gain exposure to the things that cause you anxiety.”

— Robert Duff, amazon.com

“The better you can learn to tolerate the discomfort of anxiety and recognize it as temporary, the less it will disrupt your life.”

— Robert Duff, amazon.com

“The scientists found that those with anxiety experienced lasting plasticity long after an emotional experience (aka a ‘stimulus’) ended. This means the brain was unable to distinguish new, irrelevant situations from something that’s familiar or non-threatening, resulting in anxiety. In other words,…”

— Lindsay Holmes, huffingtonpost.com

“Just because someone lives with anxiety, it doesn’t mean that their anxiety defines them.”

— Koty Neelis, thoughtcatalog.com

“Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.”

— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com

“Thoughts are like drops of water filling an enormous pot. The pot is your life. Do you want your life filled with negative thoughts or healthy thoughts? It happens one ‘drop’ at a time. Patience is the key.”

— Lawrence Wallace, amazon.com

“All of those fears you had in the past, those vintage anxieties that kept you up in 2004, where are they now? That’s right, they’re gone. You killed all of them. You got over it. You lived.”

— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”

— Kahlil Gibran, books.google.com

“Please, don’t worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting.”

— Robin Williams, amazon.com

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

— Albert Einstein, powerofpositivity.com

“The more I think about it, the more I realize that overthinking isn't the real problem. The real problem is that we don't trust.”

— L.J Vanier, amazon.com

“But as soon as one is at rest in this world off he goes on something else to worry about.”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”

— Amit Ray, amazon.com

“Depression is the flaw in love... There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss, and that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.”

— Andrew Solomon, ted.com

“Whatever you do, never let yourself believe that your anxiety makes you unlovable.”

— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com

“Anxiety is a feeling grown too large. A feeling grown aggressive and dangerous. You're responsible for it's consequences, you're responsible for treating it. But Michael, you're not responsible for causing it. You're not morally at fault for it. No more than you would be for a tumor.”

— Patrick Ness, amazon.com

“I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.”

— Keith Caserta, amazon.com

“P.S. You’re not going to die. Here’s the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you’ll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you’ll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired…it’s not going to kill you. Ask anyone who’s bee…”

— Danielle LaPorte, amazon.com

“Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another. The universe has no fixed agenda. Once you make any decision, it works around that decision. There is no right or wrong, only a series…”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“The more honest you are, the more open, the less fear you will have, because there's no anxiety about being exposed or revealed to others.”

— Dalai Lama XIV, goodreads.com

“When people hurt it is because they feel they are going to lose something. The questions to ask is: What? [And will you really?]”

— Shannon L. Alder, amazon.com

“Survivors create survival mechanisms. Mine is pushing through. I push everything to the side, out of my line of vision, out of my mind and I focus relentlessly on my goal. Not sure what you’d call it, but who cares? I’m a fighter and that’s enough. I live each day happy to wake up each morning to my…”

— Rachel Thompson, amazon.com