“I know exactly where a plastic surgeon would inject my forehead if I had the guts to make an appointment.”— Hallie Gould, byrdie.com
“At $100 a pop (for me), that money might be better spent getting neck-deep in your daddy issues over five sessions with a therapist than one, will-it-or-won’t-it session channeling an energy that science can’t prove exists.”— Jeff Gross, melmagazine.com
“Know that I am scared and won't be able to explain why, so please don't freak out or be annoyed with me.”— Kelsey Darragh, uk.style.yahoo.com
“Join the Worriers! Wait, actually do we have too many members? I'm worried that people will think we are in an actual gang. Ahhh I can't sleep now because I'm not sure if people will even want this pin. Perfect for you or your friends with anxiety.”— Ben Goetting, worldfamousoriginal.com
“My brain is doing what my brain is supposed to do and looking for predators. It doesn’t want me to brush all these threats off, it wants me to survive and in what kind of quality is an afterthought.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“Please, keep going. Don’t give up. All you have to do is get through today. Twenty-four hours. 1,440 minutes. That’s all you need to do right now.”— Holly Riordan, instagram.com
“Before understanding deep breathing’s physiological benefits, you first have to grasp how your body responds to stress. As most people have experienced, when you’re worried, upset, or anxious, you can feel it viscerally — your heart starts to beat faster and faster, you can feel dizzy, and blood rus…”— Amanda Arnold, thecut.com
“This latest action by the Trump administration defies America’s principles. It will result in life-long consequences for children, including mental health issues like depression, anxiety, developmental delays, and substance use disorder. The Trump administration must be held accountable for their in…”— Ben Ray Lujan, lujan.house.gov
“The blankets were originally used as sleep aids in the special-needs community, but in recent years they’ve gained popularity as anxiety-reducers for the general population.”— Edith Zimmerman, thecut.com
“There’s a crazy lady living in your head. I hope you’ll be comforted to hear that you’re not alone. Most of us have an invisible inner terrible someone who says all sorts of nutty stuff that has no basis in truth.”— Cheryl Strayed, therumpus.net
“She treats it like she would any other chronic illness: as something that's not my fault.”— Christopher Post, self.com
“Do not worry over things that generate preoccupation, derangement and anxiety. One thing only is necessary: to lift up your spirit and love God.”— Padre Pio, ncregister.com
“After decades of practice, I have become a champion ruminator. There is no rational argument I cannot outworry. Someday, Individual Freestyle Worrying will become an Olympic sport and it will all pay off.”— Melanie LaForce, amazon.com
“Anxiety’s tricky like that — it can creep into your life in ways you might think are just stress, but actually are symptoms of a condition that could be helped by medication, therapy, or even certain lifestyle changes.”— Stephanie Hallett, buzzfeed.com
“I care too much about little things that I shouldn’t care about. Things that I wish I didn’t care about at all.”— Holly Riordan, amazon.com
“True intimacy is letting someone in and giving them access to parts of yourself that you hide away from the rest of the world. When you have anxiety, though, you might worry that exposing the messy, real, complicated side of yourself might make your S.O. like you less.”— Brittany Wong, huffpost.com
“We repeat stories about ourselves to make sense of our worlds. The stories I’ve always told about who I am — that I don’t take risks, that I’m the good daughter, that I’m the uncomplicated girlfriend, that I have to look a certain way to be happy, that the shape of my future is not only obvious but…”— Harling Ross, manrepeller.com