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Quotes About Anxiety

en vez de agotarme en una defensa angustiosa y a toda costa contra lo que sentía, como deben de haber hecho todos, y aún los marineros sin darse cuenta, acepté sencillamente esa muerte hipnótica, como si estuviese anulado ya.
~ Horacio Quiroga
De este modo Bertita cumplió cuatro años, y esa noche, resultado de las golosinas que era a los padres absolutamente imposible negarle, la criatura tuvo algún escalofrío y fiebre. Y el temor a verla morir o quedar idiota, tornó a reabrir la eterna llaga.
~ Horacio Quiroga
Y el silencio fue tan fúnebre para su corazón siempre aterrado, que la espalda se le heló de horrible presentimiento.
~ Horacio Quiroga
Evidence may not buy happiness, but it sure does steady the nerves.
~ Unknown
Is het mogelijk, dat voor sommige mensen, het hele leven lang, een bepaalde angst niet meer ophoudt?
~ Unknown
De psychiaters en, op hun manier, ook de biechtvaders hebben gelijk. Zorgen of angsten, die men uitpraat, relativeren zich tot wat binnen de grenzen valt van wat ons weerstandsvermogen zonder evenwichtsverstoring verdragen kan.
~ Unknown
and yet there was not a definable thought in his mind. Only a terrifying effort to get from one side of a match box to another.
~ Unknown
For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.
~ Unknown
On the whole, however, it is not our own liability to death which oppresses us. The fear of it to a brave man, not to speak of a man of faith, can be overcome. It is the fear of it for others whom we love, which is its sting.
~ Hugh Black
I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.
~ Hugh Jackman
To be modern means to like antique furniture - and youthful neurosis.
~ Hugo von Hofmannsthal
I'm getting really paranoid,' I said. 'I keep thinking, any moment, I'm going to get done for something that I didn't even know was illegal. I'm scared that if I fart too loudly I might get hanged for polluting the environment.
~ Unknown
Difficulty relaxing    Insomnia    Impatience    Taking on too much responsibility      Recent major life change (marriage, divorce, birth of child, death of close relative, purchase of home, new job, loss of job, etc.)    Irritability    Tension headaches    Sense of isolation from others    Difficulty delegating  
~ Unknown
What exactly he would say, I couldn't imagine, but I felt sure that as soon as I had actually got everything off my chest, I wouldn't have to worry any more.
~ Unknown
The anxiety to destroy democracy rather than the keenness to bring the Nazis to power was what triggered the complex developments that led to Hitler's Chancellorship.
~ Ian Kershaw
You know, Benji, I am definitely experiencing severe distress.
~ Unknown
You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.
~ Ian Mcewan
I don't think your insecurity ever disappears. Sometimes I think the more successful you become the less secure you feel. This is kind of frightening, really.
~ Unknown
When we started shooting New Jack City in April of 1990, I wasn't nervous anymore; I was fucking scared. Chris Rock was, too. We had a lot of heavy, dramatic scenes to pull off and we were both feeling the pressure.
~ Unknown
La mente dell'uomo è contorta e in genere lo spinge a credere sempre alla peggiore delle ipotesi
~ Unknown
Worry is a cloud which rains destruction.
~ Idries Shah
You fear tomorrow: yet yesterday is just as dangerous.
~ Idries Shah
Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza. Worry: Something to make you unnecessarily ill.
~ Idries Shah
Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire — even when no fire ensued.
~ Idries Shah