Quotes About Anxiety

In general, I'm pretty shy and nervous about a lot of things. For me to get on stage for the first time took so many times at an open mic before I finally got on stage and did it.

I guess I am actually quite shy, and I've always felt very self-conscious during interviews.

If I fancy someone but can't tell them because I'm shy, I'll think, 'It's fine. You're not going to die. Maybe just tell them or whatever.'

As a child, I was afraid of everything. My parents were shy, the kind of people for whom it is an ordeal to go and buy some bread or whatever.

I am still shy when I go to interviews.

I'm a shy person, so I get really nervous going into interviews.

Ironically, becoming known publicly was my biggest fear. And it was partly because I'm on the whole a fairly shy person.

I am a very shy person, hence it feels awkward to approach people.

I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties.

The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.

I know intellectually that if I shake somebody's hand that I'm not going to get sick and die.

The thing with stand-up is, I really enjoyed it, but I kind of loathed it as well. It makes me feel physically sick.

I worry about stuff like getting sick, home invasions, and how animals are in pain but can't tell anyone.

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick.

Worry makes you sick. Worry less, live as long as you like.

As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things.

I don't have a sidekick - no Ed McMahon. So when I go out there, I'm lonely. It's scary.

It's cool to be nervous, and how the nerves come out sideways. That's why some actors scream their heads off, or it comes out in their hair.

Sometimes it's said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category.

I think I'm nervous to sign on to any job.

Years ago, I did a CBS audition. I was nervous. They introduced me as 'Scott Bakoola.' Not a good sign. I also didn't get the show.

I had my very first match against NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks three weeks after I signed. I'm quite proud of that, but I can't explain how nervous I was.

A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels like. Both perspectives are necessary if we are to fully grasp the nature of the mind, yet they are rarely brought together.

I know the signs of scaredness.