Pema Chodron Quotes

I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time.

I feel like a crazy person all the time, and I feel like people are watching me, and I feel paranoid.

The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.

I can never be in the same place for too long. It feels like the world is caving in.

Travelling fills me with dread.

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

I don't watch the news because I wouldn't leave the house. I would not leave the house.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.

The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.

There is something strange about me. I don't ever feel at ease in a group of people. I have to fight hard to overcome my fears.

Horror of any kind is dependent on a certain amount of insecurity and paranoia from the audience. And it feeds on that and works on that.

One of my biggest fears is thinking that there are people in my house when I'm home alone.

I'm always on the worrying side.

I'm scared about everything. I'm an anxious worrier. I worry about the downside of everything.

I'm such a worrier.

There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.

My apprehension comes in crowds, I dread the rustling of the grass, The very shadows of the clouds, Have power to shake me as they pass, I question things and do not find, one that will answer to my mind, And all the world appears unkind.

I have a lot of tics and phobias. I hate to travel. I hate to go to festivals. I hate it when somebody gets close behind me. I'm scared of the darkness. I hate open doors.

I shouldn't leave the house or interact with people ever.

A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life also, because life brings death. If you are afraid of the enemy and you close your door, the friend will also be prohibited.

I'm a worry-wart, I'd say.

That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another.