Bob Lemon Quotes

Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home.

I try to cope with everything through humor.

That's what stress management is about, that's what psychotherapy is about, finding religion, or finding your loved one or your hobby - any of those, they give you more outlets, more of a sense of control, more of a sense of predictability, of social support. They give you the means to psychologically finesse ambiguous outside reality.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

I've learned to take care of myself. You know, I try to stay conscious of whatever my energy is at all times, really. I mean, I come home from work, and, depending on the day or depending on what was going on, if I needed to adjust, I'd just meditate, or play guitar, or watch some 'Monty Python.'

I was having a bad day, and my friend said, 'Go wash your hair.' I thought it was really silly - but it made me feel so much better. It might be a small thing, but it works. Washing it off and starting over.

Once you just tell yourself, 'OK, I'm going to have a breakdown right now, and I'm going to cry for an hour, put my phone away. I'm going to go swimming, and then I'm gonna make my family dinner and lay on the couch and watch 'Ru Paul's Drag Race,'' once you accept that it's not the day and you can just have a breakdown, you're over it.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

I used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to get over it. I should have allowed myself to be a little more human and not worry about trying to be a superwoman.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

After 'Oz,' I've learned how to check out and not let that stuff get in.

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

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.

There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

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

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

I've found that a combination of therapy and medication, along with lifestyle choices like eating better and exercising regularly, helps me cope well with my anxiety.

I talk to myself quite a lot, and when things get stressful, I just tell myself to breathe.

I think it's important to relax in general. I don't try to save up my relaxing for one month period of the year; it's kind of a daily practice that I've tried to remain aware of.

Sometimes I yell at my cancer cells, sometimes I make myself laugh.

I believe that if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there.

I used to take life so seriously; I got so stressed.