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Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you - a real and objective danger.

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

Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.

Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.

Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you should do this.

Anxiety is a natural thing humans have. You know, that's how we evolve. That's how we are, you know, we think things through. Sometimes my mind just thinks things through a lot.

Once you know the emotional building blocks of anxiety, you can influence them.

Practically everybody knows what it's like to feel anxious, worried, nervous, afraid, uptight, or panicky. Often, anxiety is just a nuisance, but sometimes it can cripple you and prevent you from doing what you really want with your life. But I have some great news for you: You can change the way you feel.