Abby Johnson Quotes

I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time. And here's the really destructive part - it's always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done.

I worry too much.

If you're really invested in feeling bad about the world, there are a lot of media outlets out there that you can turn to.

I'm prone to a more depressed outlook on life.

Well I do think there are people who are habitually negative and depressed and take the opposite approach because they imagine the worst, and their minds become dominated by that. They let their own emotions and expectations transform their perceptions of the world.

If there is something to worry about, my mind has a tendency to worry about it. That can cut two ways. It can really keep you on the ball, but if you worry about every little thing, it's not a good use of time and energy.

Depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

Once you start worrying, it's hard to stop.

I worry a lot. I'm a catastrophizer by nature.

I would say I'm too guilty of dwelling on things too long.

All worry is fear-based.

It only seems as if you're doing something when you worry.

I think I, like a lot of people, have that type of brain where I find it interesting or fulfilling to worry about something.

Ever since I was a little girl, I've worried too much. It always bothers me because sometimes you end up worrying more about the worry and you are not resolving things that are right there in front of you. I have been like that all my life, and it's hard to change.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

So many people are walking around looking so grim all the time. I just never understand why.

I got into the habit of filtering out all the good in my life, focusing on only the negative. I'm not sure why I did it, but it's a pretty depressing state.

Your mind can do wonders, so scary movies are not the healthiest for me because it does freak me out.

Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty.

Depression is rage spread thin.

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.

The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression.

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.

Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions.

My dark secrets are life threatening. Pockets of unhappiness set in aspic that build and build. I have this primitive feeling that if something good happens, it is going to be followed by something bad. There is always a price to pay.