Wayne Dyer

The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.

American Psychologist

Jack Nicholson

There's a period just before you start a movie when you start thinking, I don't know what in the world I'm going to do. It's free-floating anxiety. In my case, though, this is over by lunch the first day of shooting.

American Actor

David Bowie

Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me, and that figures into my worldview. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs.

English Musician

Lili Reinhart

I've had social anxiety forever - I don't thrive in social or party settings.

American Actress

Lady Gaga

I've suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.

American Singer

Kris Kristofferson

I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life.

American Musician

Nadiya Hussain

I only ever baked because it helped with my anxiety.

British Chef

Charlamagne tha God

I have had anxiety literally my whole life.

American Entertainer

David D. Burns

Writer

Amanda Seyfried

Used for uncertainties like exams, interviews, or meetings where the outcome isn't known.

Common Situations

Can be a motivator to prepare or improve, not just a negative feeling.

Not Always Negative

Refers to a diagnosed issue, not just day-to-day worries.

Medical Condition

Suggests seeking assistance from a therapist or doctor.

Professional Help

Shows a positive attitude or strong will, not necessarily related to fear.

Positive Connotation

Often about future events or desired outcomes.

Future Oriented

Can grow as an event gets closer or if uncertainty continues.

Builds Over Time

Often caused by overthinking or worrying about what may happen.

Triggered by Thoughts

 Practice a lot, starting long before in an environment similar to the real performance. Practicing any task increases your familiarity and reduces anxiety, so when it's time to speak in public, you're confident in yourself and the task at hand. Steve Jobs rehearsed his epic speeches for hundreds of hours, starting weeks in advance.

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 for experiencing anxiety based on irrational thoughts and finding it difficult to control their responses. So what exactly causes OCD? The frustrating answer is we don't really know. However, we have some important clues. OCD is considered a neurobiological disorder.

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 where performance often occurs under intense pressure and depends on key moments. And yet, performance anxiety also haunts public speakers, contestants in spelling bees, and even world-famous musicians. Most people intuitively blame it on their nerves,

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 Why? Because of poor emotional hygiene. Because we don't prioritize our psychological health. We know from dozens of studies that when your self-esteem is lower, you are more vulnerable to stress and to anxiety; that failures and rejections hurt more,

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 anxiety, and depression. There’s no known cure for subjective tinnitus. So the most important thing doctors can do is help people understand this auditory event, and develop neutral associations with these often-distressing sounds.

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 like arithmetic, that they've otherwise mastered. Academic anxiety certainly isn't limited to math, but it does seem to happen much more frequently, and cause more harm in that subject. So why would that be?

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 we're out of five of us live in cities at least in the developed world and we love cities they give us jobs they lower our environmental footprint but they also increase our anxiety levels and our

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 the heart races deep breaths are hard to find blood rushes through the body that's fear anxiety scientifically we tend to talk about fear as being a

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 children having a fluffy cuddly toy can ease stress and anxiety aid our development and begin to develop the need for us to nurture for others