Quotes About Anxiety

When I was competing at Oklahoma in college, I remember always getting a lot of anxiety before wrestling matches. Almost to the point where, 'Oh my gosh, man, this is a lot.'

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?

Fear is a huge thing for older people.

I remember driving home from a movie - it wasn't 'Halloween' but another one, maybe the original 'Omen' - and I dropped my friends off, and it was also broad daylight, and yet I was sure that, like, Damien was in the backseat or something like that.

Sharks - I'm sure they're going to get me one day.

It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.

I overthink everything, and one thing I find difficult is to actually be in the moment.

I found I could perform in front of 200 people, but I would still feel nervous having a one-on-one conversation.

When I get online, there's this cycle of anxiety and narcissism that takes over, which is the part of me that I like the least.

The only time you do not get nervous is when you are making your first film. At that time, just the joy of making a movie is so high that you do not care; you are happy to have finally made it. It is only later that you want your film to be seen and appreciated by people.

I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire.

The only time I get afraid is when I am at the ocean. I get a little nervous when I'm in the water because I always feel like something is going to bite or snatch me.

Pressure comes from fear. If you start thinking about the result or what might happen if you do something, that's the only time there's pressure.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.

I get nervous all the time. The only time I'm not nervous is onstage, which is weird.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary.

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.

It's not onstage as often anymore, but whenever I got anxious, I used to talk a lot more, and I wouldn't even know what I was saying... it was so bad. If I just talk myself through something, even if it's just talking about nothing, it usually gets me out of it.