Meryl Streep Quotes

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

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.

Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety issues, and it can totally overwhelm me and suck me under if I'm not keeping focused. I just think and think until I have a panic attack, and then it dies down.

I'm much calmer as I get older, but I'm still just as capable of getting that strung-out stressed-out feeling of mental and spiritual unwellness.

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.

I stress a lot, sometimes.

I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.

I'm not a big worrier because I just think stress is just not a good thing... it's just like, what's the point?

The thing is, you don't ever want to have pressure turn to stress.

A little bit of neurosis is OK as a performer, but untethered, it can tear one apart.

I'm someone who's quite anxious and stresses out a lot and gives the impression that I'm laid back.

I suffer from anxiety.

Unfortunately, on one or both of my shoulders sits lots of anxiety and that is a controlling factor in my life.

Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.

Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or sorrow.

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something... Maybe you just need to take a nap.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

I would say off the cuff that I am an anxious person. I worry about everything. I need to know everything. I tend to live in a state of anxiety with the feeling that life is some kind of great catastrophe.

Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Stress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored.

It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age.