Anxiety State Quotes

I tell you, I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers!

Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly.

She was on edge, feeling that she might snap or cry at the smallest provocation.

I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts me in a state of anxiety.

Poverty is more than a material experience; it's a psychological state as well, one that is infused with anxiety. And decision-making is very complex because every decision you make has an impact on your future and survival.

Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.

Every sound alarms.

I suppose I'm always a little bit on edge.

I am made to tremble and I fear!

Relief is not a word that ever enters my mind, about anything.

I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.

I clung to nothing, in a way I was calm. But it was a horrible calm—because of my body; my body, I saw with its eyes, I heard with its ears, but it was no longer me; it sweated and trembled by itself and I didn’t recognize it any more.

I'm constantly anxious about making mistakes.

I can work myself up into a fearful, paralyzing state of mind that can last for days, weeks even months where I feel mad, totally isolated and alone, overwhelmed and completely out of control.

A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels like. Both perspectives are necessary if we are to fully grasp the nature of the mind, yet they are rarely brought together.