Noma Dumezweni Quotes

Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety issues, and it can totally overwhelm me and suck me under if I'm not keeping focused. I just think and think until I have a panic attack, and then it dies down.

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

Anxiety is a really crippling condition, and I suffer with it myself, and I feel for anyone who suffers from it. The way that I deal with it is try as much as possible to stay in the moment to not think about the past and not think about what's coming up in the future: to try and just seize the moment as much as possible.

I'm someone who's quite anxious and stresses out a lot and gives the impression that I'm laid back.

I suffer anxiety and a lot of insecurities, depression and stuff.

I have learned that there's a little bit of a danger in stressing ourselves out and living in the future - worry affects how we are today.

Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.

I started turning 40 at 38. I had pains all over my body. I couldn't sleep, I had rampant anxiety, and I couldn't stop eating and drinking.

I'm much calmer as I get older, but I'm still just as capable of getting that strung-out stressed-out feeling of mental and spiritual unwellness.

I stress a lot, sometimes.

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.

Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.

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

I do find real life a bit overwhelming sometimes. I'm totally chaotic.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain.

If you start giving too much importance to pressure, you won't be in the present.

When I am not acting, I am in depression, and then I do depression management.

It took me a long time to figure out how to deal with pressure.

I got this advice that if you know a panic attack is happening, just sit back and go, 'Okay, this is happening to me, but it'll be over. You'll be fine. You'll live.'

I'm not a big worrier because I just think stress is just not a good thing... it's just like, what's the point?

The thing is, you don't ever want to have pressure turn to stress.

The success was a difficult thing for me to get my head round. When it gets too much, I just have to disappear - to sort my head.