How to Survive the End of the World Quotes

“Welcome back our old friend imposter syndrome. The inescapable feeling that you do not belong. You could have worked your hardest, put your blood, sweat and tears into getting where you are today and still feel like at any moment the rug will be pulled from beneath your feet when everyone realises the failure you really are. With anxiety you worry, and even when you've put your most into this world, you will still worry, because anxiety is stupid and hateful. You worry that you're not doing well enough, you worry that your colleagues don't like you, you worry your boss thinks your work is fucking awful, you worry about talking to people, you worry about the commute, you worry and you worry and worrying is fucking exhausting. This all happens before you have even started work that day. This is the pre-game: inescapable fear, irrational dread, complete implosion of self-confidence, and you're only halfway through pouring your first coffee.”
― Aaron Gillies, How to Survive the End of the World

“The anxious brain feels as if it should make you run, avoid these scenarios at all costs, but as a human being who observes other people completing these tasks with ease, you force yourself into it. You have to. It’s the only way to make your life work properly, even if it does scare the living shit out of you.”
― Aaron Gillies, How to Survive the End of the World (When it's in Your Own Head): An Anxiety Survival Guide