“You feel something is off. He’s great when you are together and talking, but when he’s not around, you’re feeling more anxiety than butterflies. Trust yourself!”— Brenda Della Casa, thoughtcatalog.com
“Anxiety stems from shame. It is the idea that who you are or what you are doing is 'not right' - therefore eliciting a rush of energy designed to help you 'fix' or change it. You're suffering because there's nothing you can fix to make that urgent, panicked feeling go away. It's a mismanaged percept…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“A lot of 'irrational' anxiety comes from subconsciously sensing something, yet not taking it seriously because it isn't logical.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Step off the scale (and stay off). Your weight is not your worth. It’s not a measure of your health, fitness or attractiveness. For all intents and purposes, it’s more accurately a measure of our mood or anxiety levels than anything else!”— Alexis Wolfer, thebeautybean.com
“There may be some anxiety on the guy's end. He may temporarily become self-conscious about his own body issues (yes, we have those too) or worry about his ability to perform at peak stamina or skill.”— Lodro Rinzler, marieclaire.com
“I need you to text me every 30 seconds saying that everything is gonna be okay.”— Leslie Knope, amazon.com
“I thought too much, lived too much in the mind. It was hard to make decisions.”— Donna Tartt, amazon.com
“Anxiety is the most silently painful experience. It makes no sense and you sit alone and suffer for an unknown reason. You can't explain it. You can't stop it. It is horrible.”— Maleen Katharina, facebook.com
“My advice would be talk to people about it. Don't feel alone in it. Treat your body as if you are another person that you need to take care of and heal.”— Felicia Day, forbes.com
“Everyone deserves to feel the normal range of emotions without having to be depressed or anxious to the point that it interferes with enjoying life.”— Laura Gaffney, nytimes.com
“Depression is when you don’t really care about anything. Anxiety is when you care too much, and over think everything, having both is hell.”— Soft Grung, twitter.com
“You have this high level of kinetic energy inside of you, and sometimes it feels like you can't stop the hamster from running at full speed and it just won't fall off the wheel even though it's so tired that it could die.”— Robert Duff, amazon.com
“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