“To me, the most worrisome part of traveling comes before any of the traveling actually occurs: the suitcase-packing process. It's a challenging and anxiety-filled process - I am caught between wanting my suitcase to be light and worrying I am going to need every single item in my bedroom.” NeedsLightProcessChallengesWorryAnxietyFilledCaughtBedroomItemsSuitcasesPacking Author:Laura Marano
“The upshot of pervasive public belief in the uncontrollable sexuality of teenagers, and even of pre-teenagers, is that parents arehalf-hearted in their efforts to supervise and control their children, even when they are filled with anxiety as to their children's ability to cope with a full-fledged sexual relationship. "How can we buck the tide?" parents say helplessly, often without making quite certain that the ocean they see is a real one and not a mirage.” ChildrenRealCertainBeliefParentAbilityEffortAnxietyOceanFilledSexualityTeenagerTidesHeartedBucksUncontrollableMiragesReal Ones Author:Marie Winn
“I think what Jewish culture taught me and what the - and Jewish culture now is everyone's culture - is all these embarrassing things, all these guilt-filled things, all these anxiety filled things are material.” ThinkingCultureTaughtMaterialsAnxietyFilledGuiltEmbarrassingJewish Culture Author:Robert Mankoff
“The moment before I jump is filled with anxiety and what-ifs. But then as soon as I enter the air, I'm filled with this calmness and that's the main attraction to it. That's why I do these death-consequence pursuits or arts.” IfsArtMomentsAirAnxietyConsequenceFilledAttractionPursuitCalmness Author:Dean Potter
“I become filled with anxiety and hurt as a natural reaction. Then I resort to my gratitude journal. I make it a point to think about and write down all of the things I have to be grateful for, and this helps me immensely.” ThinkingWritingHelpingNaturalHurtGratitudeAnxietyGratefulFilledReactionsHelp MeBe GratefulJournalResorts Author:Stacy Keibler
“When I was young I was very shy and that was my personality. I was a pretty sensitive kid and quite neurotic, filled with a lot of anxiety.” KidsYoungPersonalityAnxietyFilledSensitiveShyNeurotic Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire and pursuit of things, some good and not so good, can keep our minds and hearts caught up in a flurry of activity.” MindHeartCareLife IsDesireOpportunityActivityAnxietyFilledEverydayPassionateCaughtEntertainmentPossessionPursuitEveryday LifeCaught UpHeart And MindDistractedPassionate Desire Author:Joyce Meyer
“I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning to drive part. It has filled me with anxiety not only about the children, but also about my former self and my friends.” ChildrenSelfBitsFiveAnxietyMy FriendsFilledBarsFormer Author:Jane Smiley
“The humming of my parents' voices from behind my bedroom wall, which throughout my childhood had filled me with a sense of security, had now become a source of anxiety and panic.” ParentVoiceBehindsChildhoodSecuritySourceWallAnxietyFilledPanicBedroomHummingBedroom Wall Book:Middlesex Source: Middlesex
“...sometimes we ask ourselves why happiness took so long to arrive, why it didn't come sooner, but appears suddenly, as now, when we've given up hope of it ever arriving, it's likely then that we won't know what to do, and rather than it being a question of choosing between laughter and tears, we will be filled by a secret anxiety to which we might not know how to respond at all.” KnowsLongSometimesMightAsksGivenSecretKnow HowTearsAnxietyLaughterFilledGiven UpArriving Author:Jose Saramago
“Why did children seem to be so often spontaneous, joy-filled and concentrated while adults seemed controlled, anxiety-filled and diffused? It was the Goddam sense of having a self.” ChildrenSelfSeemsJoyAnxietyAdultsFilledControlledSpontaneous Book:Dice Man Source: Dice Man
“I do it because I love animals and I saw the reality. And I just couldn't ignore it anymore. I'm healthier for it, I'm happier for it. I can't imagine that if you're putting something in your body that is filled with fear or anxiety or pain, that that isn't somehow going to be inside of you.” IfsI CanBodyRealityPainAnimalSawsImagineAnxietyFilledYour BodyVeganImagine ThatAnimal Love Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“It is only when we want to take our lives out of the Father’s hands and have them under our own control that we find ourselves gripped with anxiety. The secret of freedom from anxiety is freedom from ourselves and abandonment of our own plans. But that spirit emerges in our lives only when our minds are filled with the knowledge that our Father can be trusted implicitly to supply everything we need.” WantNeedsMindHandsSpiritFatherSecretOur LivesPlansAnxietyFilledTrustedAbandonmentOur Father Author:Sinclair B. Ferguson