quotes

"She didn't win; no one wins. It was more like she struck a bargain. The bargain was this: Admit the anxiety as an essential part of yourself and in exchange that anxiety will be converted into energy, unstable but manageable. Stop with the self-flagellating and become yourself, with scars and tics."

Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
by Daniel Smith
page 31, second paragraph, emphasis added
hardcover edition published by Simon & Shuster, 2012

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