Quotes About Anxiety

When I'm afraid, I always ask myself, what's the worst that can happen?" Chapter 5 · Page 41 · Location 733

He needed to keep his fear at bay. A little was good. Kept him sharp. But fear, unchecked, became terror and terror grew into panic and panic created chaos. And then all hell broke loose.

You're catastrophizing, allowing fear into the driver's seat. You're reacting to things that haven't happened and behaving as though they have, or are inevitable. Focus on what is actually happening, here and now." "Surrender to reality,

Living in the wreckage of her future sure took the joy out of the present. The only comfort was that almost none of her fears had come true.

Anything different, anything you don't understand, you immediately believe is threatening.

She was fierce because she was afraid. Of everything. The rest of the world saw a strong, noble lioness. He looked at his daughter and saw Bert Lahr, though he'd never tell her that. Or her husband.

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Even Google Maps doesn't have it," said Huifen. "And the GPS thinks we parked in the middle of the forest." "The middle of nowhere," said Jacques. "It's still recalculating," said Nathaniel. "She seemed quite concerned for us.

Fear saved lives. But fear could also kill.

I had to rush back into my bedroom because Mum suddenly came out of the room to the kitchen and shouted up to me: "Georgia, I know you are at the top of the stairs. Come down – you have a visitor and your father wants to speak to you." My father? Wants to speak to me? I have a visitor? It's like Blithering Heights. If Masimo is dressed in tight breeches and wearing a cravat I will truly go mad.

The beginning of genius is being scared shitless.

Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere.

Fear. It was happening all over again. That sickly helpless feeling that spread with its icy fingers, slowly eating up all faith and hope.

In my opinion the hectic and almost frantic pace of modern living is a clear sign of the fear we have of being and of life. And as long as this fear exists in a person's unconscious, he will run faster and do more so as not to feel his fear.

Worrying doesn't change anything, just causes unnecessary stress.

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

You do the best you can, but you don't want to start worrying about your lack of sleep, because it's been found that worrying about lack of sleep is one of the big causes of insomnia

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.

I used to be terrified of going to the bathroom until Uncle John taught me to start at the front door, whisper over and over to myself, "God will take care of me. God will take care of me," and run like hell.

Everyone's scared of something. Not everyone has the courage to admit it.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

Where fear is, happiness is not.

We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.