#stress

I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change. ↗

— Richard Nelson Bolles

#always #any #argued #becomes #change

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#anyone #away #conquest #hard #her

Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, the Internet addict, the compulsive shopper and the workaholic. The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden—but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain. ↗

— Gabor Maté

#behavior #psychology #stress #experience

I have this helicopter crash, and I fall in love with this man who was in the crash with me. I must have been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. ↗

— Christie Brinkley

#crash #fall #helicopter #i #love

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. ↗

— Confucius

#ability #distressed #fact #his #limitations

Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. ↗

— Hans Selye

#our #reaction #stress #us

Personally, I like a chocolate-covered sky. Dark, dark chocolate. People say it suits me. I do, however, try to enjoy every color I see - the whole spectrum. A billion or so flavors, none of them quite the same, and a sky to slowly suck on. It takes the edge off the stress. It helps me relax. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#death #perception #stress #death

The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers. ↗

— Harvey Cushing

#capacity #educational #himself #his #less

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age. ↗

— James Ellroy

#alone #casualty #early #focus #hurt

The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens. ↗

— Troy Vincent

#important #important thing #kids #most #productive