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Quotes About Stress

Did I tell you that she created a shared Google calendar to make sure I won't forget things that are 'important'"—with his free hand, John does an air quote as he says the word important—"so now I'm even more stressed because my calendar is filled with Margo's things and I've already got a packed schedule!
~ Lori Gottlieb
She can't concentrate because trying not to cry is taking all of her focus. She looked up the symptoms of depression and ticked off all the boxes.
~ Lori Gottlieb
What parents needed, I believed, wasn't another book about how they had to calm down and take a break. What they needed was an actual break from the deluge of parenting books.
~ Lori Gottlieb
Sometimes "drama," no matter how unpleasant, can be a form of self-medication, a way to calm ourselves down by avoiding the crises brewing inside.
~ Lori Gottlieb
people didn't use extra time earned to relax or connect with friends or family. Instead, they tried to cram more in.
~ Lori Gottlieb
Anxiety Girl, able to jump to the worst conclusion in a single bound!
~ Jill Shalvis
But the important thing here is to remember to practice self-care in times of stress. Take a walk, paint a picture, murder someone, burn the body, and clean up the crime scene.
~ Jill Shalvis
Stress wouldn't be so hard to take if it were chocolate covered.
~ Jill Shalvis
If overthinking burned calories, I'd be dead.
~ Jill Shalvis
on a scale of mental breakdowns from Justin Bieber to Britney Spears, I think I'm about a Shia LaBeouf.
~ Jill Shalvis
If thought bubbles appeared above my head, I'd be so screwed.
~ Jill Shalvis
Anxiety is having 99 problems and 86 of them are made-up scenarios that might never happen, but you stress about them anyway.
~ Jill Shalvis
As a rule, she ate fairly healthily but all bets were off during times of stress. Proving the point, she'd just polished off an entire bag of pizza rolls by herself and was covered in crumbs and questioning her choices in life.
~ Jill Shalvis
Harper Shaw was a single snack-getting-stuck-in-a-vending-machine away from an anxiety attack. But hey, that was what happened when you decided nothing in your life sparked joy. You wiped your slate clean like an Etch A Sketch and started over.
~ Jill Shalvis
Hey," he said. "Stressed is desserts spelled backward.
~ Jill Shalvis
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. —Earl Wilson
~ Jill Shalvis
being anxious about shit ahead of time just means I've got to be anxious twice.
~ Jill Shalvis
I am the opposite of most people: for me home is work and work is home. I breathe a sigh of relief when I am buried under the weight of immense work obligations, and I vibrate with anxiety when I imagine this thing called relaxing with a cup of tea.
~ Jill Soloway
El ejercicio reduce las hormonas de aumento de peso, como el cortisol, al liberar endorfinas para combatir el estrés; también incrementa la producción de hormonas quemadoras de grasa, como la testosterona, la hormona del crecimiento humano, la DHEA y la tiroxina (T4). Necesitas ejercicio. Punto.
~ Jillian Michaels
For example, you may not think that acting irrationally would age you faster—but it could. Many studies have shown that the higher your emotional intelligence—your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself (and others) and to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships—the more likely you are to make better decisions, manage anxiety,1 and be more resilient to stress,2 all of which can help you age well.
~ Jillian Michaels
I've had a tense couple of days. And I've got to tell you, burning someone's face off sounds like a great way to relax.
~ Jim Butcher
I have nightmares about hell, where all I do is add up numbers and try to have conversations with people like you.
~ Jim Butcher
War leaves you precious little time to be human. It's one of the more horrible realities about it.
~ Jim Butcher
Sometimes I get tired of being the guy who is supposed to deal with un-deal-withable situations.
~ Jim Butcher