John Austin > Quotes

“Bite first, ask questions later.”
― John Austin, So Now You're a Zombie: A Handbook for the Newly Undead

“pleasant”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal

“You can never know a person by his name, but you can mess up his data, as Goodreads will testify.”
― John Austin

“The Fearless Organization, is a great review of research, writing, and practice in psychological safety.”
― John Austin, Results: The Science-Based Approach to Better Productivity, Profitability, and Safety

“Tomorrow I will still feel anxious, but it doesn’t mean that everything is hopeless. I improved my mental state today, and I will be able to do it again tomorrow.” This attitude combined with the ability to notice small positive changes along the way is key to long-term and stable results.”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal

“The child makes a judgment about their own safety based on their parents’ reactions. If the parents radiate calmness, then they understand that nothing is threatening them and that there should be nothing to worry about. However, if the adults appear worried about the child’s condition, then the child understands that something is wrong and also begins to worry.”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal

“a separate part develops in my psyche, and its goal is to prevent the iron situation from happening again. This part is constantly monitoring my surroundings and if it notices an iron next to me, it signals that to me with tension, discomfort, or a slight zap of anxiety.”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal

“Remember: if you start fighting, you will be fighting with a part of your own psyche, and this struggle is doomed. Rather, just accept your own resistance and the part of yourself that creates it.”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal

“When the psoas muscle is chronically tense, it constantly sends the message: “We are in danger; we are under persistent threat” to the mind. The mind attempts to determine the source of this threat but can’t locate it. It sends a signal to the body that the environment is calm and that the muscle can relax. However, the energy that got “stuck” in the psoas muscle in the moment of shock is too strong and simply can’t just go away and allow the muscle to relax. The muscle becomes “jammed” in tension and continues to send the signal: “We are in danger; we need to stay alert” to the mind. The mind has to listen to this message again and again, which forces it to keep monitoring the environment for danger. As a result, the person develops groundless anxiety; it seems to them that something is threatening them, but they can’t identify what that threat is.”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal

“Sometimes you can experience a sense of unreality of the situation (derealization) or detachment from your own body (depersonalization), as though you existed outside of your body and were watching what was happening to you from afar.”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal

“If you experience body trembling, don’t try to suppress it. Instead, yield to this process and allow it to happen naturally. You are going to notice that it leads to significant relief of tension in the body and you will also notice a drop in your anxiety levels.”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal

“only you are capable of helping yourself and the role of a mental health professional is only to guide you in the right direction and provide you with the tools for independent work. Using medication only temporarily decreases anxiety and is merely a supplement to the solution of the core problem.”
― John Austin, STRESS, FEAR, PANIC ATTACKS, AND ANXIETY RELIEF: How to deal with anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks for adults, teens, and kids. Tools and therapy based on true stories. Self help journal