Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe Quotes

“Highly sensitive children and adults often appear frightened, irritable, apprehensive, with digestive problems, or as loners. But you may also appear as aware, imaginative, and creative. As an adult you tend to overwhelm yourself by working too hard, too long, with too much interpersonal interaction, unaware of your sensitivity thresholds.”
― Signe Dayhoff, Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe: Working Through Social Anxiety

“Youth. Particularly hard hit is the younger generation that faces an economic situation for which it has been inadequately prepared. Imbued with the unrealistic expectation of continuing economic prosperity, of having things better than their parents did, they grapple, often unsuccessfully, with underdeveloped self-sufficiency, unemployment, and underemployment in all but a few circumscribed areas. But this sense of entitlement creates a resentment of the compromises necessary to effectively survive. As a result, young adults may tend to feel more disillusioned and alienated.”
― Signe Dayhoff, Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe: Working Through Social Anxiety

“You must believe that you’re not to blame for this problem … but that you are responsible for its solution.”
― Signe Dayhoff, Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe: Working Through Social Anxiety

“vulnerable to negative experience, though not necessarily. So what”
― Signe Dayhoff, Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe: Working Through Social Anxiety

“Because you prefer and value this inner-orientation, you rely less on socializing for stimulation, meeting your needs, and satisfaction. This doesn’t mean, however, that you don’t enjoy meeting and being with others. On the contrary, you do, but you enjoy them in smaller doses, and in deeper, longer-lived relationships. Crowds and short-term, superficial connections not only don’t interest you but also tend to drain your batteries.”
― Signe Dayhoff, Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe: Working Through Social Anxiety

“Polls on what people fear most have found consistently that speaking in public, formally and informally, is the number-one American fear.”
― Signe Dayhoff, Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe: Working Through Social Anxiety

“Why worry about the future? The present is more than most of us can handle.”
― Signe Dayhoff, Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe: Working Through Social Anxiety