Quotes About Anxiety

I reckon my fear landscape would be me having to jump out of a plane or having to skydive. I would see that as one of the scariest things ever. And then also, I'm really not a fan of spiders and bugs.

I'm petrified of spiders, I've just never liked them.

I felt a little anxious/nervous representing a real person in a Spike Lee film.

That film 'Memento' creeped me out. I was looking over my back through the whole thing. I get more creeped out than scared and spill popcorn all over the place.

As someone who gets nervous in silences, I spill words rather than really think.

Every audition is different, but I get incredibly nervous and insecure and worked up for however long I have to prep - that's when I get to spin. But you're not allowed to spin once you enter the room. Doubt really can't enter the room when you're auditioning - unless it's part of the character.

The famous pilot season literally sends shivers down my spine.

I think one of the basest of all things is fear. Fear erodes the individual. Fear erodes the nation, the spine of the nation.

If I don't really have an outlet for my adrenaline it will then manifest in anxiety, and cortisol levels will rise and then you're in a spiral.

I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself.

Ironically, it is when we identify with our spirits rather than our bodies that we are most powerful on the material plane. Our overidentification with the world does not give us power within the world so much as it diminishes our power here. It makes us frightened and nervous and full of anxiety.

Anxiety affects everyone differently. I spoke to someone who felt like their heart was beating 1,000 times a minute. With me, it was a dizziness, feeling sick, constant, 24 hours a day.

I remember the first time I spoke to an editor. I thought I'd be sick, I was so nervous. The first time I spoke to a large group at a conference, I had the jitters for days beforehand.

At Somerset I played with Marcus Trescothick who has spoken very openly about his battle with depression and anxiety. I had a few conversations with him about his problems but I also read his book which provided me with a great insight into what he went though.

I've always spoken very quickly, and when I get nervous, I talk even faster.

If you're frightened, you're out of luck.

I'm terrified of marriage. I'm terrified of not doing something so important and at the same time I think you shouldn't rush into these things.

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.

She said she wanted my best line tomorrow after the show, and now I knew what it was going to be.

This is a perfect pair - he's a hypochondriac and she's a pill.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It is said to be the manner of hypochondriacs to change often their physician.

I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.