“I was always shy. Writing was my only outlet. Because I always hid in a room, I spent a lot of time watching people. When I was a small child I could detect hidden body language in others only I could see. People's emotions rub off on me. When I told this to my therapist she said, "Well, you're an empath." I thought, "No way. Like Star Trek?" And she clarified: because I am so socially uncomfortable, I have compassion for others who I recognize are also struggling. People with anxiety are acutely aware.” PeopleWayWritingWellsChildrenSaidBodyLanguageStarsRoomsEmotionCompassionStruggleAnxietyUncomfortableShyOutletsTherapistsSmall ChildBody LanguageEmpathsCompassion For Others Author:Jenny Lawson
“I had all this anxiety about what it meant to be a minority. My professors - the same men who taught me the intricacies of language - just shied away from the issue. They didn't want to talk about it, other than to suggest I could be a "role model" to other Hispanics - when I went back to my barrio, I suppose.” MenWantLanguageRolesIssuesTaughtAnxietyModelsMinoritiesMeant To BeProfessorsRole ModelsIntricacy Author:Richard Rodriguez
“What came out of that was an intense obsession with status anxiety. So much of these portraits are about fashioning oneself into the image of perfection that ruled the day in the 18th and 19th centuries. It's an antiquated language, but I think we've inherited that language and have forwarded it to its most useful points in the 21st century.” ThinkingLanguageCenturyAnxietyPerfectionOneselfIntenseObsessionPortraits21st Century19th Century Author:Kehinde Wiley
“With my students I give them lots and lots of guided writing. Part of it is as simple as writing a lot but not toward anything. The mind floats. Then I help them see where the language has heat. If we do this a lot in class, students eventually relax into this writing practice and enjoy it. Even just that - writing pleasure without the anxiety of "audience" or "grade" or "success" - is a kind of impetus toward the unfamiliar.” GivingWritingMindKindHelpingLanguageEnjoySimplePleasureAudienceStudentsAnxietyRelax Author:Dawn Lundy Martin
“When you are lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety.” MayUseLyingLanguageAnxietyAwakeYou ChooseIndulgeReposeHeadacheIndulge In Author:W. S. Gilbert
“What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.” PainSufferingLanguageUnderstandingPsychologyAnxietyUnderstoodAddictionRecoveryDistressAnguishSignalsSymptomsDiscomfortPlightAddiction RecoveryAddicts In RecoveryAlcohol Recovery Book:Breaking down the wall of silence: the liberating experience of facing painful truth Source: Breaking down the wall of silence: the liberating experience of facing painful truth
“Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.” PeopleLanguageFocusGenerationsAnxietyWorriedNew GenerationText Messaging Author:David Crystal