Future Tense Quotes

“when an ideals-focused person pursues a goal only because he or she “ought to,” for example—that person’s anxiety and distress increase.”
― Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) – A Psychologist's Paradigm Shift for Understanding and Hope

“So basic is our need for social connection that it became clear that solitary confinement is a form of torture, leaving people more anxious, antisocial, dehumanized, and aggressive than they were before.”
― Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) – A Psychologist's Paradigm Shift for Understanding and Hope

“The problem isn’t anxiety; the problem is that our beliefs about anxiety stop us from believing we can manage it and even use it to our advantage”
― Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) – A Psychologist's Paradigm Shift for Understanding and Hope

“along with having good relationships, one of the best predictors of health and happiness—better than social class, IQ, and genetic factors—is having a sense of purpose in life and passing it down to the next generation.”
― Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) – A Psychologist's Paradigm Shift for Understanding and Hope