Kathryn Erbe Quotes

I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people.

Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

I just take it a day at a time, and that's how I get through each day.

I have to say I have an amazing therapist. She's my best friend for life. She's taught me how to balance everything out.

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

I don't torture myself.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.

One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.

Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga.

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions.

I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything.

I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.

I still have a lot of those depressive thoughts, but now I have the foresight to tell myself, 'Don't think like that,' and things seem better.

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.

It's important to be gentle about my routines. I've learned that the hard way. When I'm really stressed out, I can take it out on my body and hurt myself. Sometimes I need to be as loving and soft with myself as possible. I've had to learn how to pay attention. It's a kind of mind-set.

Words can make the illness a subject I can master, and not one that one simply emotes over.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.

When I struggled with a depressive episode in 2013, I realized that I had a glitch in my thinking about my own motivation. I had separated learning and teaching into different concepts.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.