Lauren Alaina Quotes

In New York City, everybody goes into therapy.

And so I was very grateful that I didn't do the British stiff upper lip, but I went straight to a therapist. And she was wonderful and helpful, and I went for about two years.

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

When a player hears the word 'psychologist' at the first, you are taken aback, but I realised that I needed help.

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

I have not spent years in therapy; I tried therapy in my mid-twenties, and it did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.' I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much. I have young children, and I'm just pretty much crazed.

Googling me, you talk about being depressed. First of all there's 18 websites that predict my early death.

I've always just talked to my family and my friends. I've never been a person that's gone through excessive therapy at all. Some people might say that I should.

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.'

Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well.

I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about.

My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.

My problems aren't so different from anybody else.

Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece.

I don't know how people can live without a therapist.

Ever since I gave up therapy, it's my only time with a captive audience.

Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak.

Taking even one therapy session is just one step in the right direction to getting help and getting better, so I think it's great. I love it. I've convinced a lot of my friends to get into therapy, and they've given it a shot. Sometimes it's not for everybody at that time.

When I was a teenager, I battled some severe depression.

Many people are worried about my mental health. But as I've said many times, we're stronger than we think we are.

If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

People don't drop me with shots on the temple.

I don't know if speaking to a therapist is right for everyone.

I never thought I'd be somebody dealing with anxiety or depression.