Quotes About Anxiety

No mostré a nadie mi tesoro. A la dicha de poseerlo se agregó el temor de que lo robaran

Soy un hombre cobarde; no le dejé mi dirección, para eludir la angustia de esperar cartas.

es menos duro sobrellevar un acontecimiento espantoso que imaginarlo y aguardarlo sin fin

Temí que no quedara una sola cosa capaz de sorprenderme, temí que no me abandonara jamás la impresión de volver. Felizmente, al cabo de unas noches de insomnio me trabajó otra vez el olvido.

I feared that there would not be a single thing left capable of surprising me, I feared that the impression of returning would never leave me. Happily, after a few sleepless nights, forgetfulness worked on me again.

A veces anhelaba con impaciencia la definitiva descarga, que lo redimiría, mal o bien, de su vana tarea de imaginar

We're in a freefall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective and that's all it is... joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes.

Desire and fear: these are the two emotions by which all life in the world is governed.

How long does getting thin take?" Pooh asked anxiously.

It's a little Anxious," Piglet said to himself, "to be a Very Small Animal Entirely Surrounded by Water. Christopher Robin and Pooh could escape by Climbing Trees, and Kanga could escape by Jumping, and Rabbit could escape by Burrowing, and Owl could escape by Flying, and Eeyore could escape by -- by Making a Loud Noise Until Rescued, and here am I, surrounded by water and I can't do anything.

How the hell is he supposed to sleep when his brain is running a nonstop festival of horror films. First

She is afraid of depression. It skulks around her house like a shadow: a giant, slow and remorseless. It will be like leaving the door wide-open if she keeps on like this, messing up her routines. So all the giant has to do is crouch down, step inside and get her.

I don't think. I can't allow myself the luxury. I've lived with fear since I was a child.

Well, you know what they say: Maybe money doesn't bring happiness, but it sure enough quiets the nerves.

But I am so afraid of disturbing this fragile silence.

I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion.

A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world. For instance, injustice, unfairness or inconsistency in the parents seems to make a child feel anxious and unsafe. This attitude may not be so mu.

Men fake it because they can't get it up and get it right.

worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life, and faith is the oil

What is worry but fear of what the future holds? Baby Mol lives completely in the present and is spared all worry.

The days that follow feel awkward. But silence still feels better than confessing. Besides, how does one rationally explain irrational fears? He

I'm afraid that I won't do the right thing in the face of disaster. Or, I'm afraid I will be stupidly brave.

I try to remember everything, every thing, but sometimes I forget something. I don't even know what it is sometimes, but I know it's not coming to me, something about him isn't coming to me and when that happens, when a piece is missing, it makes me crazy. I don't know what to do with that.

Children who experience anxious or ambivalent attachments to their primary caregivers may "fall in love" too easily, seeking extreme closeness right off the bat and reacting intensely to any suggestion of abandonment.