Scott Stossel Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“An astonishing portion of my life is built around trying to evade vomiting and preparing for the eventuality that I might.”

“Jerome Kagan, the Harvard psychologist, only hires people who are anxious, because he thinks they are better and more conscientious workers. I do think that being afraid of failing spurred me to do more and more and ask more questions, but there are ways it holds me back. There are reporting trips I haven't gone on. It's a mixed blessing at best.”

“The fear of vomiting, which for me is one of the most original and most acute of my fears, is actually fairly common. Emetophobia, it's called, and by some estimates, it's the fifth most common specific phobia.”

“Anxiety has afflicted me all my life.”

“As recently as 1979, neither panic attacks nor panic disorder officially existed.”

“I had no trouble with strangers finding out about my anxiety. It was my friends and colleagues I was concerned about.”

“I've always been interested in intellectual history and in psychology, and anxiety is obviously something that's been a big part of my life.”

“Some people say that in stressful situations I can seem unflappable, and I think that's partly because I'm always kind of internally flapped.”

“Even as economic and political freedoms have advanced enormously and generated huge benefits for humanity, they've also created a great deal of anxiety because every time you have to make a choice, there's anxiety about making the wrong one.”

“I wanted to put a human face on anxiety disorders. I thought people who suffer from anxiety might recognize themselves and gain some comfort from my story and for those who don't suffer from anxiety disorders gain some understanding.”