Quotes About Stress

Some people, no matter how robust their stock portfolios or how healthy their children, are always mentally preparing for doom. They are just born worriers, their brains forever anticipating the dropping of some dreaded other shoe.

My anxiety was probably at an all-time high before 'The Jump.' I look back at pictures and think: 'God, I'm really skinny there,' because when you're anxious you have that feeling in your stomach and don't feel like eating.

I have the most nervous stomach in the world.

I hate flying. My stomach churns at the mere thought of it.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

What don't I miss about tennis? Oh man, the road, the airports, the rain delays, the scheduling, the knots in your stomach, not being able to eat. Things like that.

Getting as much sleep as possible and following a healthy diet will stop you from feeling run-down if, like me, you're super-stressed.

I couldn't hold it together today. George Clooney asked me if I was OK, and I practically collapsed. I couldn't stop crying, I had to go off sobbing like an idiot.

Kinda when I stopped eating was on our second album, just as it felt like everything was so out of control.

I don't think you can work properly if you have anxiety about something; it stops you doing the work you're paid to do.

The last thing we need is yet another makeup company. Even I have a nervous breakdown when I go through the department store makeup floor.

The only thing with press attention is that it can be very draining on our energy store.

I am not a great sleeper. I don't think I have ever slept 8 hours straight in the last 20 years.

If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things.

Covid has been a strain on all of us in some form or fashion.

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.

Fashion shoots put an enormous strain on my skin and hair. So when I'm away from the cameras, I don't wear make-up, and I moisturise my skin with Aquasource by Biotherm.

I hadn't even released my first proper single when I started to feel the strain of attention. But I don't believe that it was the attention that was giving me panic attacks. I think it was everything in my life colliding at the same time. It really did get to a serious point where I couldn't even walk down the street without getting the pain.

When you're younger, the mental strain of being a successful actor, jumping from role to role, and trying to have some kind of personal life, can really be terrible.

There's nothing that can put more strain on a relationship than running for office.

Famously, the CIA is somewhere where marriages hardly ever last because it's obviously such a strange lifestyle.

Work/life balance We're not in the office to enjoy ourselves. This is abundantly clear. The Japanese even have a special word for suicide from overwork: they call it karoshi. In the year 2000, 33,000 people committed karoshi.

All day, every day, your mental battlefield is attacked by blasts of adrenaline and anger and fear and anxiety, and other explosives too. Stress. Insecurity. Doubt. Envy. Sometimes it's a stranger who puts them there. Sometimes it's someone close to you. Sometimes it's you. Most of the time, it's you.

Finally, thoughts also have an impact on your physical health. The subconscious mind tells the body what to do, how to feel, and which chemicals to create. When the subconscious mind converts a negative thought into fear and stress, the body produces the stress hormone cortisol. Over time, production of this hormone can lead to heart disease and digestive issues.