Quotes About Anxiety

My mom was paranoid about my safety.

She had never felt so alone or frightened in her life. She had come to Berlin to feel closer to her mother, and had found instead danger and death.

Living in the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next.

Living on the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next.

Fear is a funny unpredictable thing.

I tried to avoid looking at the skull, but somehow I wanted to keep checking that it was still there. It's like when you have a sore in your mouth or tooth ache – your tongue keeps going back to check it still hurts.

People who live in fear tend to do a powerful lot of nothing.

I can't believe you just did that! Are you crazy?" I gripped the steering wheel tighter. "Why do people keep asking me that?" He turned to stare at me, his eyes worried. "Who else keeps asking you that? Are any of them doctors?

the fear of being trapped between cars.

I am anxious. I am always anxious. I should change my name to Anxiety Dickinson. I am anxious about my little sister. My big sister. My mother. Myself. Life. I am anxious about what to wear, what to eat, what to say, how to breathe.

Needing people yet being afraid of them is wearing me out.

She felt like a kid on a ride at the amusement part, half thrilled, half scared spitless.

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

The irrational fear gene lives on in us all. It's irritating, but these things need to be handled the same way as when you've taken a bad drug. Simply tell yourself how these crazy thoughts and anxieties are just down to the drug, nothing else. Then arm yourself, just in case. Damn

Hell," Tony Bonelli tells me, "is having no control." Tony's

His nervous collapse was an "anxiety reaction" sparked by "prolonged overwork

It's not uncommon for people to pick up their phones dozens of times a day when some push notification makes it buzz, because WHAT IF IT WAS SOMETHING SUPER IMPORTANT! (It just about never is.)

Much corporate anxiety comes from the realization that the company has been doing the wrong thing, but it's too late to change direction because of the "Plan." "We've got to see it through!" Seeing a bad idea through just because at one point it sounded like a good idea is a tragic waste of energy and talent.

The answer isn't more hours, it's less bullshit. Less waste, not more production. And far fewer distractions, less always-on anxiety, and avoiding stress.

When companies are in the red, employees worry about their jobs. People aren't stupid—they know that burning cash means the good times won't last. The possibility of layoffs is always nagging. CVs are always at the ready.

The fear of missing out. It's the affliction that drives obsessive checking of Twitter feeds, Facebook updates, Instagram stories, WhatsApp groups, and news apps.

Trabajar sin un plan puede dar miedo. Pero seguir a pies juntillas un plan que nada tiene que ver con la realidad da aún más miedo.

Third, show them work often. This is the best way to chip away at a client's natural situational anxiety. Look, they're paying you big bucks for your work, and it's totally natural for them to begin feeling anxious the moment they send you the deposit. So show them what they're paying for.

There was joy at their escape, and the jagged excitement at the prospect of battle. But there was also fear of the precariousness of their situation, and anxiety at the possibility that they might fail.