Anxiety is difficult to discuss and even more difficult to live with. If you're hoping to find a way to ease your anxiousness and decompress from the thoughts stirring around your mind, these anxiety quotes will help you find some much-needed release when you feel as if you're spinning out of control.

According to figures by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 18.1% of the population every year. Anxiety disorders cost the U.S. more than $42 billion a year.