Megan Phelps-Roper Quotes

I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real happy.

There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.

I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.

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.

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

I'm going to have my moody times.

I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.

I've definitely gone through phases where I'm not happy with my life, and you notice in little ways until they start adding up.

All of us know someone who has been through difficult emotional times, and we know how hard it can be to see a way forward.

It's crazy that I look at 2019 as one of my best career years of my life. If you put it all into bullet points of all the things I did, you'd be like, 'Wow that's an amazing year,' but mentally, I just feel the lowest I've ever felt.

For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you'll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you'll have a bad day where you're really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?'

I can't deal with waking up and being sad.

I've had my dark days, but I wasn't really a hell-raiser as such.

I don't want to get all self-help on everyone. But I definitely think there was a period in my life where I thought I would feel the same way, forever. And every day felt like 'Groundhog Day,' where I was super, super depressed.

In my life I've gone through a lot of really hard times. I went through depression and had so many challenges that I overcame. And I overcame because I just decided to be happy.

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.