Quotes About Anxiety

Señor, te doy gracias por tu misericordia, y porque tus bondades son nuevas todas las mañanas cuando despierto. Gracias por tu fidelidad al amarme en forma incondicional. Ayúdame a recordar que debido a tu misericordia y amor, tengo todo lo que necesito y puedo rehusarme a sentir ansiedad acerca del presente o del futuro. Lo que necesito hacer es orar sobre eso.

The enemy wants to steal our peace and keep us stirred up, anxious, fearful, upset, and always in a stance of waiting for something terrible to happen at any minute. The enemy wants us unable to forget the terrible things that occurred in the past and instead remember them as though they happened yesterday.

When we wrap God's truth around us, it protects us by strengthening our core being. The enemy uses lies to confuse people and fill them with anxiety and fear. The apostle John said, "We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one" (1 John 5:19). The enemy's lies completely mess up our thinking and weaken us if we believe them. Every day we must combat his lies with God's truth.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

When we think about how frightening a place the world is, and how rampant and pervasive evil is, and how helpless we feel to do anything about those things, we can drive ourselves crazy with concern.

Mounting Fears‡

Pain was better than anxiety any day of the week and sweat was better than depression.

panic inspires gross errors in judgement (Kinsey Millhone)

Vegas tends to affect me that way, some combination of tension and dread to which my body responds with all the symptoms of incipient flu.

what you're so worried

As usual, when confronted with heights, my greatest fear was the irresistible urge to fling myself off.

The quality of our love relationships is also a big factor in how mentally and emotionally healthy we are. We have an epidemic of anxiety and depression in our most affluent societies. Conflict with and hostile criticism from loved ones increase our self-doubts and create a sense of helplessness, classic triggers for depression. We need validation from our loved ones. Researchers say that marital distress raises the risk for depression tenfold!

When they felt secure with their lover, they could reach out and connect easily; when they felt insecure, they either became anxious, angry, and controlling, or they avoided contact altogether and stayed distant

too, though she felt less sure

When had my fear of broken plates gotten so grandiose? My desire for extravagant moments so small?

I was filled with a deep and immutable dread.

He sensed my fear, and wishing to break its spell, he said, "Consider the lilies of the field. They are not anxious, yet God takes care of them. How much more will he take care of you?

To avoid a fear emboldens it.

Already his features had dimmed a little in my mind. It terrified me, this slow disappearing.

The terror here was palpable.

The superstitious, bound in to saucy doubts and fears, degenerate into cowards and die many times before their deaths.

For that tiny instant, I was every 16-year-old in history, not knowing what the skies foretold about my future.

Fear of having done the wrong thing—fear that having done this one great thing, he would never again be able to accomplish anything of great worth—fear of age, of insufficiency, of unmet promise. All such endless fears, that are the doom of people given the gift of making, and lie always somewhere in their minds.

You are learning to trust your own perception of reality. You will discover that even when your parents don't agree with you or don't approve of what you're doing, you will be able to tolerate the anxiety because you don't need their validation anymore. You are becoming self-defined.