Bobby Lee Quotes

When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?

There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand, personally, how you can be bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I just don't understand boredom.

I have always been the life of the party. When I got to the point where I wasn't anymore, I knew something was wrong. I didn't know what it was. Once you figure it out, you can start to fix the problem. It's a day-to-day struggle.

Self help books are pointless. Here's something for you... Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and self help books are from Uranus.

This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for yourself, because you want to explore some things, and get at the bottom of some things. It's about your life, the quality of your life.

Therapy's like going to the gym.

The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?'

I want kids to know that it is okay to make a change in order to feel better about themselves.

I really believe that the more distractions and fixes I remove from my life, the better I'll feel about myself. The biggest of those is Depeche Mode. It's the one marriage that survived, but I'm not sure it works - for me, anyway. Jumping on a plane to go somewhere else and be told how wonderful I am doesn't feel good any more.

There is no way to reach your fullest potential if you don't really find the love of yourself.

You feel different every day of your life. You just have to create your own space to survive, personally and professionally.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

When I look for self-help books for myself, I used to be scared that I was going to pick up a book that would depress me even more.

A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me.

Through recovery, I've been able to do so much good stuff.

To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.

I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.

Every day is a reminder to accept myself as I am.

I just really like learning. I have to keep using my brain; otherwise, I get depressed.

I'm by no means an expert at giving advice on depression, but I would say that a lot of my show is about making the decision to be happy. We all think that happiness is something that just falls into our lap. But it's something you have to really work on.