Becca Fitzpatrick Quotes

In the first phase of shock over, say, your mortgage being called in or your job washed out, it's essential to engage with others and share the fear, release the feelings, do fun things to take your mind off it.

If I start panicking a little bit, I just talk through it with somebody.

My number one elixir for anxiety? Comfort food.

In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.

When faced with something I fear, I tend to eat spaghetti.

When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins.

Often when a person can't get past stress, she will turn to overeating, drinking or smoking, which can become a greater problem than the stress itself.

I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time.

Sugar and chocolate, anything that boosts your serotonin levels, is something people, I think, crave.

Gallows humor is part of our coping mechanism. It's part of our grief process. If we don't know what else to do, we laugh. That's a very real thing.

Cooking is the best occupational therapy for me. And when I cook, everybody comes to eat. It's the greatest thing.

I tend to process stuff by making jokes about it. It's something that makes me annoying to be around in times of real crisis.

For me, personally, I love delicious food when I'm stressed.

I tend to comfort eat when I am frustrated.

Everything at a baseball game is pretty much health food if you subscribe to the theory that you're eating what makes you happy.

One thing I hear a lot is that people feel less stressed out after they watch 'Gourmet Makes.' There's a transference of their stress onto me.

Food is a huge source of comfort for me.

In my darkest moments, I have not eaten an entire pie, but I have turned to other baked goods to find solace.

When I'm feeling awful, music is the only thing that releases the pressure. It's been the best psychiatrist I've ever had.

A cheese dip is good - it's for when you're like, 'You know what, I've had a long day. I'm just gonna eat a big bowl of cheese, and I'm not gonna care about it.'

People get caught up in the idea that health is just what you look like and what you eat, but your health is physical, emotional and mental. Who's to say eating that bowl of ice cream after training isn't going to help me psychologically and emotionally?

Whenever I am feeling happy or sad, I always find comfort in food.

I only ever baked because it helped with my anxiety.

I can't eat at all when I get sad; all I want is soup and easy-to-swallow baby food and, of all things, jelly babies.

It is weird, the relationship between people and food. It's always deeper than you think. It always stands for something else.