Pema Chodron Quotes

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

The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?

I think I'm prone to panic.

If I'm put in a situation where I am not really sure what's going to happen, it can be overwhelming. I get a bit anxious.

Look, I need to tell you something,' I continued. The words came stumbling out of me. 'I couldnt stand it if...I dont want you to---' Percy?' she said. 'You look like you're going to be sick.' And that's how I felt.

Rose: You're trembling. Jack: I'll be alright.

Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.

Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world.

Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get worried.

I just always had this feeling inside me of always being nervous and afraid of situations.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.

With The Omen, I really felt I wasn't in control. It was panic.

You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.

I do worry - a lot.

What I wasn't prepared for were the feelings of anxiety that it stirred in me. I wasn't prepared for the initial feeling of I don't want to have to do that again. I was scared.

I get really nervous, really anxious.

I have horrible anxiety.

Dead silence is so much more foreign to me than people screaming at me, good or bad.

I'm never comfortable.

I get really quiet when I'm nervous. I don't freak out.

I couldn't understand a sense of unease that multiplied until I could hear my heart beating.

Don’t panic, I thought. But already my breathing was faster, shallower. “You mean you can feel happy or sad or—” “Desire.” A barely-there smile.

I am in a very unsettled condition, as the oyster said when they poured melted butter all over his back.

No matter how hard she tried to concentrate on something else, to pass the time and to distract her from the situation she was in, the fear came trickling out. It hovered like a cloud of gas around her, threatening to penetrate her pores and poison her.