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21 Quotes That Help You Learn To Live With Anxiety And Lead a Happier Life

It was like drowning, only from the inside out.
Kirsten Corley
August 22, 2016
“I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me.”
— Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
Tagged: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Sad, Finding Yourself, Relationships
“The more I think about it, the more I realize that overthinking isn't the real problem. The real problem is that we don't trust.”
— L.J Vanier, Ether: Into the Nemesis
Tagged: Overthinking, Over Thinker, Trust, Anxiety, Love
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
— Albert Einstein, 51 Quotes to Help You Stop Over Thinking
Tagged: Over-Thinker, Overthinking, Relationships, Life, worry, Anxiety
“It was like drowning, only from the inside out.”
— Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Tagged: Depression, Anxiety, Stephen King Quotes
“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”
— Kahlil Gibran, Living Up In A Down World
Tagged: Future, Anxiety, Control
“Not everything is black and white, but when you engage in polarized thinking, there are no such things as shades of grey”
— Robert Duff, Hardcore Self Help: F**k Anxiety
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety
“One of the things that really maintains and worsens anxiety symptoms and panic symptoms is the phenomenon of getting worked up about the symptoms themselves.”
— Robert Duff, Hardcore Self Help: F**k Anxiety
Tagged: Anxiety, Understanding Anxiety
“Thoughts are like drops of water filling an enormous pot. The pot is your life. Do you want your life filled with negative thoughts or healthy thoughts? It happens one ‘drop’ at a time. Patience is the key.”
— Lawrence Wallace, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: 7 Ways to Freedom from Anxiety, Depression, and Intrusive Thoughts (Training, Techniques, Course, Self-Help)
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety
“You can think of anxiety as extreme, chronic or recurrent nervousness. If it stays with you even after you are out of the situation or the mere thought of the non-existing makes it real, then it is likely that you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder.”
— Jacob Wilson, Anxiety: How to Overcome Shyness, Conquer Your Fear, Avoid Stress, and Take Charge of Your Life (Learn to Regain Your Life and Fight Against Depression)
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety
“In addition, many people with anxiety disorders often suffer from depression as well. People with anxiety disorders also have an elevated risk for developing substance abuse problems with alcohol or other drugs or with both alcohol and drugs. These problems may stem, at least in part, from attempts to self-medicate and decrease the effects of the anxiety disorder.”
— Lance Levan, Anxiety: Top Tips For Rapid Relief Of Anxiety, Panic, Nervousness, And Worry (Anxiety Relief, Anxiety Self-Help, Depression, Panic Attacks,)
Tagged: Anxiety Disorder, Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety
“Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.”
— Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home: A Novel
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder
“The big tip-off that you may be suffering with anxiety is when your sleepless nights start to cause daytime tiredness.”
— Jane Aniston, Anxiety: Understanding Anxiety: Why You’re Suffering From Anxiety & How You Can Start Breaking Free Today!
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety
“The last thing that will calm down an anxious person is telling them ‘calm down.’”
— Lindsay Holmes, 8 Things Only People With Anxiety Understand
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety, Anxious
“Some panic attacks come out of nowhere, without a whisper of a warning, while others are fear-induced, brought on by confronting the situation that gives them anxiety in the first place. Regardless of when it happens, it’s never pleasant — and it’s rarely convenient.”
— Lindsay Holmes, 8 Things Only People With Anxiety Understand
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety
“An anxiety disorder is when those run-of-the-mill butterflies become a chronic daily experience.”
— Lindsay Holmes, 8 Things Only People With Anxiety Understand
Tagged: Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety, Anxious
“It’s a toxic cycle: Your thoughts become your worries and your worries become your thoughts.”
— Lindsay Holmes, 8 Things Only People With Anxiety Understand
Tagged: Anxiety Disorder, Understanding Anxiety
“Anxiety disorder is far more extensive than an ailment of someone who just worries too much. It is reflective of complete panic and it affects every aspect of life for those who suffer from it.”
— Kirsten Corley, What Anxiety Actually Is, Since It's Certainly Not 'Just Worrying'
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety
“We can't choose how things affect us and we can't choose the cards we are dealt in life, but we can accept them and play the best game possible.

The only setbacks we have in life are the things we allow to be defined as setbacks. If you accept everything about who you are and learn to embrace it, you will learn to laugh about the situations you once found debilitating.”
— Kirsten Corley, What Anxiety Actually Is, Since It’s Certainly Not ‘Just Worrying’
Tagged: Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety, Understanding Anxiety
“Anxiety is not something that can be cured with a simple ‘everything will be alright. there’s nothing to worry about.’ The thing about anxiety is that nobody’s entirely sure where it comes from or what causes it.”
— Koty Neelis, 14 Things To Remember When You Love A Person With Anxiety
Tagged: Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety
“Just because someone lives with anxiety, it doesn’t mean that their anxiety defines them.”
— Koty Neelis, 14 Things To Remember When You Love A Person With Anxiety
Tagged: Anxiety Disorder, Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety
“The scientists found that those with anxiety experienced lasting plasticity long after an emotional experience (aka a ‘stimulus’) ended. This means the brain was unable to distinguish new, irrelevant situations from something that’s familiar or non-threatening, resulting in anxiety. In other words, anxious individuals tend to overgeneralize emotional experiences, whether they are threatening or not.

Most importantly, researchers noted, this reaction is not something that an anxious individual can control, because it’s a fundamental brain difference.”
— Lindsay Holmes, People With Anxiety Perceive The World Differently
Tagged: Anxiety, Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder