Anxiety Warriors Gifts

"Try thinking about something else."

Annual fear of failure marathon.

Some of us are calm on the surface but paddling like crazy underneath, and some of us are just the opposite.

A day without anxiety is like a day without sunshine...

"Before coming here, I didn't even know I was acrophobic."

Covid Future

Bob had severe separation anxiety

"I think I just touched my face!!!

"You mean I'm still stuck with this irrational fear of Congress even though the leadership has changed?"

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Me, I'm too self-conscious to go to the gym. I have my own hamster wheel at home..."

'I find your sense of professional defeatism strangely comforting.'

'...And those are my darkest demons that torment me to a point where I could totally lose it at any moment.'

'Would you prefer a window or an aisle seat?'

And just how long have you had this impending feeling of doom?

"For God's sake, man, just tell me what we're running from!"

Graham and his amazing anxiety

"Why can't I get anything done unless I'm totally stressed out about it?" "Is it possible to be relaxed and still be productive?" "What is wrong with my brain?" "Why don't you work better?"

"It's such a nice day!"

"For a moment, I had a feeling of total security. Then it went away."

Millie's Gear Slips

"Like WikiLeaks has nothing better to do."

'I don't want him experiencing anything until I've totally checked it out.'

"Barking sometimes helps me relax. But then it drives the neighbors crazy."

Pinocchio's Second Realization

Fight or Flight

'I guess my brain just started to really care about itself.'

"I think I'm having pre-traumatic stress disorder."

That party went well.

"We're going to the Vet aren't we."

A Hypochondriac's Worst Nightmare

Flu vaccine.

"If you're not on the brink of despair you're part of the problem"

"I'd like to be a shake-it-off kind of person, but I'm more of a cling-to-it-and-focus-on-it-until-it's-irrevocably-weaved-into-my-psyche sort of gal."

Free-Floating Anxiety