Alana Stewart Quotes

I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.

No one could save me from the grief of losing my child or losing my first marriage. I had to do that on my own.

Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.

For many people who face anxieties, depression, trauma or grief that dominate their lives, a vital source of support may be a counsellor or psychotherapist.

I had a really kind of yucky divorce and it was really challenging to get over that.

Self-indulgence is something to watch, but anything that helps you understand situations that are difficult to understand is good. If you're having some sort of emotional trauma, you need to find a person to talk to about it who says, 'This is quite normal; it's fine.'

When my marriage broke up... I had just put on 45 pounds for my 'Shall We Dance?' character. I had to eat 10,000 calories a day just to put on weight while training with Tony Dovolani. I basically stayed in bed for a six-month rotation of depression naps. Dance helped me lose the weight.

I think there are spirits who are just too frail for the events life throws at them. Where do these people hide, and how do they survive?

I've done what I could as far as getting physically healthy after my knee injury, and I've done what I could to get mentally healthy after losing my husband.

I've used my sense of humor as a coping tool. It's gotten me through a lot of challenging times.

Once you realise you're carrying around lots of pain, I think go to therapy so you release yourself. You don't want to be a problem bore, poor me.

I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it.

There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.

We have two tractor-trailer rigs on the Tour. One is a therapy truck, and one is a workout truck. If everything is going well, you're walking in the workout truck, and when things aren't going well, you're walking in the therapy truck.

My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.

In my experience, divorce takes you out for about 10 years, but you hear people talk about it lightly. The same with depression. You only have to have one good breakdown before you realize you need help. It's pretty frightening.

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.

Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn't been.

I got very depressed. Hollywood can be a terrible place when you're depressed. The pits. I decided I had to change my life and do different things.