Tom Petty Quotes

I was really worried that sitting at home by myself in front of a computer was going to make me crazy.

We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression, and anxiety. Loneliness is also associated with a shorter lifespan.

I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.

The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.

If you don't think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days.

There's a terrible price to pay for stress in your life - it really takes a hit on your heart.

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

Being unemployed is even more disastrous for individuals than you'd expect. Aside from the obvious harm - poverty, difficulty paying off debts - it seems to directly affect people's health, particularly that of older workers.

Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be collected, would make no inconsiderable figure in the bills of mortality.

I've always been fascinated by the human body, but you can become quite morbid and paranoid if you think too much.

I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.

I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.

Worry is the stomach's worst poison.

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.

The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health.

Whenever we feel stressed out, that's a signal that our brain is pumping out stress hormones. If sustained over months and years, those hormones can ruin our health and make us a nervous wreck.

It's not just being overweight that's dangerous. Stress is dangerous.

The number one root of all illness, as we know, is stress.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

People blame themselves for their own layoffs…. We ignore the effect on mental health. Every person in this society who is laid off is told that they lack value…. We undermine public health.

The notion that you can endanger your physical and mental health by letting strong passions go unsatisfied is a vicious falsehood.

'Game of Thrones' is a good one to binge-watch, except you realize at the end of every episode that you've been holding your breath for, like, 30 minutes, which is probably not good for your brain.

A troubled marriage can be as hazardous to physical health as cigarette smoking.

Too much tension can do bad things to you.