“find the pocket of your heartbeat where you keep forgiveness. we will try again tomorrow”— Ashe Vernon, latenightcornerstore.com
“Anxiety is like that mean girl from junior high who was always there to point out my flaws, only she lives inside my head.”— Bridget Todd, manrepeller.com
“Numerous experiments showed that people feel depressed when they fail to live up to their own ideals, but when they fall short of a standard set by others, they feel anxious.”— Lisa Feldman Barrett, amazon.com
“There was another epidemic that was not talked about much, a silent scourge—the explosion of mental illness: major depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, manic-depression, personality disorders, grief response, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, etc.—on a scale none of us had ever wit…”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“Did you know that as humans, we are wired to focus on the negative? Our brains are naturally drawn to see the bad.”— Dr. Allison Niebes-Davis, cupcakesandcashmere.com
“Anxiety isn't being nervous. Anxiety is being in a situation that others find fine but your stomach is in knots and your mind is on fire. Anxiety is looking around you and convincing yourself that everyone hates you. Anxiety is every terrifying scenario compacted into one moment.”— Aaron Gillies, twitter.com
“I kept noticing a self-help cliché that people say to each other all the time, and share on Facebook incessantly. We say to each other: “Nobody can help you except you.” It made me realize: we haven’t just started doing things alone more, in every decade since the 1930s. We have started to believe t…”— Johann Hari, amazon.com
“The Internet was born into a world where many people had already lost their sense of connection to each other. The collapse had already been taking place for decades by then. The web arrived offering them a kind of parody of what they were losing—Facebook friends in place of neighbors, video games i…”— Johann Hari, amazon.com
“The top of the ocean can be total chaos, but underneath, in the depths, there can be silence.”— Melissa Broder, nytimes.com
“He Himself makes the mortals anxious, and He Himself takes the anxiety away.”— Sri Guru Granth Sahib, amazon.com
“Even loud voices, a raised eyebrow, flashing eyes or a change in mood can send the ACoA sailing back into a place inside of them where they feel anxious and threatened all over again.”— Dr. Tian Dayton, huffingtonpost.com
“You can have a terror of death and also be obssessed about your keratin treatment.”— Melissa Broder, itunes.apple.com
“We’re all susceptible to it. The dread and anxiety of not knowing what’s coming. It’s pointless in the end. Because all the worrying, and all the making of plans for things that could, or could not happen, it only makes things worse. So walk your dog. Or take a nap. Just, whatever you do, stop worry…”— Joan Rater, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com
“"Anxiety? Well, what could be giving you anxiety, sweetie?" "Um, let's see..."”— Peter Gaffney, Peter Elwell, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com
“"Anxiety? Well, what could be giving you anxiety, sweetie?" "Um, let's see. Every aspect of my life?"”— Peter Gaffney, Peter Elwell, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com
“Ferris just wants to show Cameron a fun day for once in his pathetic little life, but Cameron acts like a whiny knob the whole time, subverting every attempt at fun with his passive-aggressive anxiety and relentless nay-saying, essentially ruining what might be Ferris's last day of freedom by being…”— Stephen Falk, Jimmy Shive-Overly, Chris Geere, imdb.com
“I worry all the time. I worry that what you make can be taken away, that it might not last. It really scares me.”— Gordon Ramsay, telegraph.co.uk
“Put your hands together like you’re praying, cup them over your mouth/nose, and create a small opening on the other side with your hands. The smaller airflow is much like breathing into a paper bag.”— Paige, loveisrespect.org
“Being open with your insecurities paradoxically makes you more confident and charismatic around others. The pain of honest confrontation is what generates the greatest trust and respect in your relationships. Suffering through your fears and anxieties is what allows you to build courage and persever…”— Mark Manson, amazon.com