Quotes About Anxiety

Anxious systems also fail to get a clear view of things. Embedded in their dread, they lose a sense of proportion. They have little awareness of what is happening and how it is being mutually maintained. Emotionally cramps the broader view.

We have outsmarted ourselves, like greedy monkeys, and now we are full of dread.

A connoisseur of woe needs fresh worries from time to time, or he will become complacent.

I called Monsieur Menicucci, and he asked anxiously about my pipes. I told him they were holding up well. "That pleases me," he said, "because it is minus five degrees, the roads are perilous, and I am fifty-eight years old. I am staying at home." He paused, then added, "I shall play the clarinet.

People were never supposed to live in cities. They gathered together since they were scared and then living like that only made them more and more afraid.

What are you angry about (a betrayal, a coworker's hurtful comment, a car breakdown, unanswered prayer, etc.)? What are you sad about (a small or big loss, disappointment, or a choice you or others have made)? What are you anxious about (your finances, future, family, health, church)? What are you glad about (your family, an opportunity, your church)?

Mange menneskers liv er kun henvisninger til det mulige. Trangen forbliver symbolsk, trykket reelt. Tryk avler angst, og angst indsnævrer livet. Det indo-europæiske ord 'angh' betyder snæver. Angst er snæverhed, som vi lader os trykke ned af.

Rational fears keep you alive, irrational fears keep you from living.

Fear is the possibility of freedom.

You can't kill the thing under the bed. You can only keep it outside the covers.

Everyone's running from something.

You can't kill the thing under the bed. You can only keep it outside the covers.

Walking, working, barely breathing My thoughts, far away Heart aching, mind racing Sleep does not come easily, nor last long....

Qué quiere que le diga? Gente tranquila, más pobre que las ratas. Aunque, tal como va el mundo, llamamos tranquilos a los que tienen miedo.

Çok cesur oldu?um için çok korkar?m.

Ve içimde geri dönmek korkusu var. Hiçbir ?ey hat?rlamak istemiyorum. Elimi cebime sokarken, bana iki gün evvelini hat?rlatacak bir kâ??t parças?na, bir ?eye rastlamaktan bile korkuyorum.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

Scottish writer George MacDonald once said, "No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourself so.

Seconds passed. If there'd been an old clock in here, its ticks would have sounded slow and menacing.

The combination of exhaustion, anxiety, alcohol, and drugs had the inevitable effect: I had a nervous collapse and spent the next several days in the psychiatric ward of an East Coast hospital, drugged on Thorazine yet happy that no one could get to me.

The sale of defensive items reached record heights; gun shop owners found people in line when they opened their stores; locksmiths were so busy putting in new locks and bars that they were working almost twenty-four hours a day; there was such a run on guard and attack dogs that animals from other states had to be brought in to fill the demand.

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable. —Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind

Pappas was so affected by this sudden horror that he never again took off his flak jacket. It was reported to me that he always wore his jacket and hard helmet even while showering.

Worry is like a kettle full of water, it felt as if my mind was on the boil at a ferocious intensity with no opportunity to let off steam. There is nothing you can do but get through it as best you can.