I was very depressed when I was 19… I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It was quiet and it was lonely. It was still. It was just my piano and myself. I had a television and I would leave it on all the time just to feel like somebody was hanging out with me.
Lady GagaLife is too short for long-term grudges.
Elon MuskIt makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.
Wayne DyerThe healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
Carl JungThe human mind is our fundamental resource.
John F. KennedyIt doesn’t take much to make me angry.
Christopher HitchensFor me, there have been times when an action movie, even a ‚Tomb Raider,‘ has helped me get out of myself and be physical again. It’s like therapy.
Angelina JolieI put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
Vincent Van GoghEvery man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
William JamesWho ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Francis BaconLet go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!
Joel OsteenI’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we’re not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.
Jackie ChanWhat a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
Dan QuayleSince everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
Coco ChanelI never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
George Bernard ShawWorry – a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.
Benjamin DisraeliIt’s so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.
Joyce MeyerThe answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.
Ray BradburyIn the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them.
Christopher HitchensGuilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It’s a black wall. It’s a thief.
Dave GrohlNo, I’m not anguished and tormented.
George H. W. BushOne good thing about acting in film is that it’s good therapy.
Denzel WashingtonIt’s very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.
Thich Nhat HanhA great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.
Wayne DyerWhatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Benjamin FranklinWhen thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man’s life.
Marcus AureliusI have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything – diseases, spiders… and people getting tired of me.
Taylor SwiftThe darkness, the loop of negative thoughts on repeat, clamours and interferes with the music I hear in my head.
Lady GagaSometimes, it’s just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It’s exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.
Michelle ObamaPeople won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Stephen HawkingTo enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
Virginia WoolfThe greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William JamesI hold a lot of things in. I’m always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don’t rage; I usually don’t curse. So for me, it’s a great thing to be able to scream and say whatever I want.
Beyonce KnowlesYou don’t always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that’s plenty.
Alice WalkerI’ve 20,000 hours of clinical practice; you’re not naive after the first few thousand. I’ve helped people deal with things that most people can’t imagine.
Jordan PetersonIdleness is the parent of psychology.
Friedrich NietzscheTo keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Katharine HepburnI’m crazy, but I’m not too crazy.
Jackie ChanWhen I was in my teens I had issues with OCD.
J. K. RowlingFear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
Dale CarnegiePeople are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don’t necessarily merit fear.
Frank OceanI’ve suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.
Lady GagaThe truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.
Wayne DyerWe are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
Henry David ThoreauThere is moderation even in excess.
Benjamin DisraeliWhat keeps me up at night? Anxiety. Anxiety, the inability to go to sleep, it’s quite literally that.
Paul AusterThey tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice… that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
Arthur SchopenhauerIt is important to remember yourself.
Alice WalkerI think every entertainer’s had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can’t remember everything all the time, and especially if you’re having hard times personally, things going on that you – you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.
Dolly PartonGive yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
Wayne DyerDon’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘
Maya AngelouThere is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
Mahatma GandhiI can’t stress to you enough how much I can relate to teens being cyberbullied. Something that helps me is looking at old videos of me and my friends from middle school, or videos of my family. I love watching funny videos of my favorite people – it really cheers me up.
Ariana GrandeI believe that everyone experiences depression to some degree at some time in their lives. And there are probably millions of people who live with a low level of sadness and heaviness day in and day out.
Joyce MeyerWhen people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
Lou HoltzKids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what’s happening, and they have better skills to work it out.
Brene BrownNeurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.
Carl JungLaughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
Kurt VonnegutThere’s a scripture that says, ‚A merry heart doeth good like medicine.‘ I think that’s true, too.
Dolly PartonThe deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca