Anxiety And Depression Quotes

“Whatever the situation, the answer is not in the fridge.”
― Karen Gibbs, A Gallery of Scrapbook Creations

“If you're depressed, you're living in the past; if you're anxious, you're living in the future." -Simon, The New Husband.”
― D.J. Palmer

“I often wonder how many others are sitting near me, stuck in their own quiet battles with physical or mental or spiritual health, afraid or unwilling or even unable to discuss them, silently pleading for someone to extend any added amount of grace.”
― Carlee J Hansen, How the Light Comes In: A memoir of hope and healing on the path with anxiety.

“Although panic attacks can be scary and overwhelming, they can also be a powerful teacher, showing us the depths of our inner strength and resilience. We may develop more self-awareness, self-compassion, and a stronger feeling of connection with others by addressing our anxieties and finding ways to control our anxiety.”
― Dr. Rameez Shaikh

“Practicing talking to yourself can be a really helpful thing too, even in the mirror; we get so hung up on wondering what other people see, that we forget that actually, we don't see ourselves. We don't see our facial expressions when we speak to others, sometimes it can be helpful to learn what you do look like when you talk, because when you know, you don't have to wonder.”
― Jess van der Hoech, These Three Words

“From the point of view of a perfectionist, it’s a frustrating lifestyle.”
― Stephen D. Edwards

“Anxiety is like dumping the garbage of tomorrow on today”
― Stephen D. Edwards, The Branch and the Vine: How Jesus Gave Me Freedom from Depression

“So you have anxiety. But remember, it doesn't have to have you.”
― Jaclyn Johnston

“The past is not the present, so let your future live”
― Karen Gibbs, Your Pocket Coach - 25 Powerful Reminders

“I don’t aim to be a poster boy for anxiety and depression. Anxiety and depression deserve a collage, a collage of all the amazing people that have to wrestle with these monsters daily”
― K.J. Redelinghuys, Unfiltered: Grappling with Mental Illness

“No” and “Because I don’t want to” are both perfectly good answers to give to a variety of questions. The end.”
― Carlee J Hansen, How the Light Comes In: A memoir of hope and healing on the path with anxiety.

“Anxiety fighters are warriors, sent into battle on a hope and a prayer, to fight a demon that only exists in the recesses of their mind.”
― Carlee J Hansen, How the Light Comes In: A memoir of hope and healing on the path with anxiety.

“...I was always floating somewhere above reality, adrift in my body rather than anchored to it.”
― Megan Farison, Dissonance

“My name is Luna-Ray Jones, I am fifteen years old and this is the fourth consecutive weekend that I haven't actually left the house. The reason is because I have this condition. When people hear it, they don't get it. They don't realise it's an actual thing that causes really big problems. They don't realise that this condition is ruining my life. I don't think there is a cure for it; I'm likely to be stuck in this horrible cycle for the rest of my entire existence. My name is Luna-Ray Jones, I'm fifteen years old and I have anxiety.”
― Jess van der Hoech, These Three Words

“well if your mum tells you the same thing and confirms what you believe to be true, it won't change anything. You'd simply hear the same information from a different person. Would that really change how you feel about it? It's nothing new. Whereas if your mum was to tell you something different...." Sadie waits for me to fill in the blank. It takes me a second to find my three words.
"It changes everything.”
― Jess van der Hoech, These Three Words

“I am the voice of the crowd and yet I whimper without any noise”
― Javed Ahmed, Grey Smile: An Approach To Depression

“Don't worry if you're having a hard time adjusting from 2020 to 2021. What we've all been through has been different to say the least. A new year brings new knowledge.”
― Torron-Lee Dewar

“You can have flawless skin, a pretty face, a good heart and a sharp mind and people are still not gonna think you're perfect because that's just the way it is. Unless and until you act the way people want you to, they're not gonna like you.”
― Yashika Vahi, sparked

“Life is a learning process from the second we leave the womb until we take our last breath. Not all our life lessons are positive ones, far from it. It’s what you do with those lessons that make the difference.”
― Cara Lisa, Memoirs of An Ordinary Goddess: One Woman's Dysfunctional Journey to Find Extraordinary Love

“Maybe if we just assumed everyone was a mosaic, made up of cracks and mis-colored pieces, fighting to stay together and appear whole, we could be more tender, more sympathetic, more patient. We might end up being the glue that holds them together, even for another minute, and keeps it from shattering into a thousand distorted pieces.”
― Carlee J Hansen, How the Light Comes In: A memoir of hope and healing on the path with anxiety.

“Fear resisted is fear amplified,
Fear embraced is fear relieved.
Most fears are rooted in imagination,
Observe yourself and all is revealed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Fear resisted is fear amplified, fear embraced is fear relieved.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Anxiety is inability to live in the moment. Focus on the immediate which you control. In my experience, the imagined future rarely happens.”
― Massimo Rigotti, Flavors of Confidence: A Reflection for Those in Need

“For those who ask, “Why do you want to be my friend?”
I respond readers are naturally friends.”
― Kayle James, How to stop overthinking it: Unlock intrusive thoughts, anxiety and stress to achieve emotional freedom.

“Writing has always been my sanctuary. It's my escape from the chaos, a safe place where I can process my thoughts and feelings and emotions. For me, it's therapeutic and vital for managing anxiety and PTSD.”
― Niedria D. Kenny

“Have you ever felt terrible but one hundred percent better than yesterday? Small steps matter.”
― Niedria D. Kenny

“My life consists of fight or flight moments and power naps. Team No Sleep”
― Niedria D. Kenny

“He stands to get me a cup of water, and I use the opportunity to stare at my hands and will myself to hold things together. This is getting old. I should be able to do this. I can be a person.”
― Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

“It just hurts so much at times, being human. Not understanding yourself, not liking the body you're stuck in. See-ing your eyes in the mirror and wondering whose they are, always with the same question: "What's wrong with me? Why do I feel like this?"

She isn't traumatized, she isn't weighed down by any obvious grief. She's just sad, all the time. An evil little creature that wouldn't have shown up on any X-rays was living in her chest, rushing through her blood and filling her head with whispers, saying she wasn't good enough, that she was weak and ugly and would never be anything but broken. You can get it into your head to do some unbelievably stupid things when you run out of tears, when you can't silence the voices no one else can hear, when you've never been in a room where you felt normal. In the end you get exhausted from always tensing the skin around your ribs, never letting your shoulders sink, brushing along walls all your life with white knuckles, always afraid that someone will notice you, because no one's supposed to do that.

All she ever knew was that she had never felt like someone who had anything in common with anyone else. She had always been entirely alone in every emotion. She sat in a classroom full of her contempo-raries, looking like everything was the same as usual, but inside she was standing in a forest screaming until her heart burst. The trees grew until one day the sunlight could no longer break through the foliage, and the darkness in there became impenetrable.”
― Fredrik Backman (Author), Anxious People

“What looks like defiance is often a child asking for help in the only way they know how.”

— Kiley A. Snider”
― Kiley A. Snider, The Adventures of Meow Smith and The Day That Froze