John C. Reilly

Being a father has fulfilled me in parts of my life that sustain me. It gives me a comfort and patience. All actors have this hole inside that they're trying to fill by performing. I'm anxious to keep creating, but I'm not so desperate any more because I have the love and support of my kids and wife.

American Actor

Gaby Hoffmann

I was anxious before I decided to go back to acting about what I wanted to do with my life. Once I realized I was sort of interested in acting, I've been pretty lucky and had all these great parts. And I feel pretty much like, 'What will happen will happen.

American Actress

Patrisse Cullors

Generations of black women have anxiously watched as our children walk out into a world set against them. We teach them how to respond to police and how to react to racist comments, knowing that these lessons are not guaranteed to protect our children.

American Activist

Joyce Meyer

Dread, which is closely related to fear, steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. It keeps them from looking forward to the next day, the next month, or the next decade.

American Author

Jessica Barden

There isn't a right or wrong way to be depressed, anxious, or struggle with PTSD. Mental health challenges manifest differently for different people, and it's important that people see that on-screen.

English Actress

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.

English Athlete

Francesca Annis

The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life.

Benjamin Disraeli

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

British Statesman

Karen Kilgariff

We all feel anxious at times and acknowledging that only helps.

American Writer

Enrique Iglesias

Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world.

Spanish Musician

Use 'anxious' to describe a person who is uneasy about a future event or outcome.

Negative Emotion

'Anxious' expresses a stronger feeling than simply being worried or concerned.

Intensity Matters

Someone might feel anxious on the inside even if they don't show it outwardly.

Not Always Visible

The second meaning of 'anxious' has a positive connotation, implying enthusiasm.

Positive Excitement

Use 'anxious' to express a strong desire towards a future possibility or event.

Future Oriented

When 'anxious' means eager, it can also include an element of impatience.

Impatience Implied

 They're doing poorly in math because they're anxious about it. Some psychologists think that's because math anxiety decreases a cognitive resource called working memory. That's the short-term memory system that helps you organize the information you need to complete a task. Worrying about being able to solve math problems,

Why do people get so...

 I'm kidding. And I've got malingering. And I think it's actually quite rare to have both malingering and generalized anxiety disorder, because malingering tends to make me feel very anxious. Anyway, I was looking through this book, wondering if I was much crazier than I thought I was,

Strange answers to the...

 and a coldness. And then I was back, drowsy and disoriented, but definitely there. Now, when you wake from a deep sleep, you might feel confused about the time or anxious about oversleeping, but there's always a basic sense of time having passed, of a continuity between then and now.

Your brain hallucinates...

 It's getting more oxygen to your brain. And participants who learned to view the stress response as helpful for their performance, well, they were less stressed out, less anxious, more confident, but the most fascinating finding to me was how their physical stress response changed.

How to make stress your...

 but there is one thing the entire world does agree on there has to be a way to solve the Rubik's Cube oh well we came up with this has to be the geek geek of all I have never finished a Rubik's Cube in my life never didn't master this thing they make me incredibly anxious

Solving the Rubik's Cube...

 I felt anxious and adrift. And I wasn't alone; my friends -- they struggled with this, too. Eventually, I decided to go to graduate school for positive psychology to learn what truly makes people happy. But what I discovered there changed my life.

There's more to life...

 and she said you're angry you're depressed you're anxious and she wanted to help me so she looked at me and said if there was anything in the world that you could do what would you do and I told her I'd start a dance company she's

Healing war wounds...

 chocolate, caffeine pills, and even beverages labeled decaf. Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, happy, and energetic, even if we haven't had enough sleep. But it can also raise our blood pressure, and make us feel anxious.

How does caffeine keep...

 Firstly, the more you believe you can buy and display your way out of sadness, and into a good life, the more likely you are to become depressed and anxious. And secondly,

This could be why you're...

 this is a big moment in their young lives exposed to the perils of life outside but an exciting one although it's an anxious time for