Natsuo Kirino Quotes

I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.

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.

I've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to.

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.

There are days-depression is a part of it-when if all you do is get dressed, take a shower and put on your makeup, then it is a good day. Your goals have to be much lower. But if you take one tiny little step, then you can take another and another.

Stay strong. Depression lies.

Your private relationship with yourself is a spring that will feed every other factor.

I feel kind of depressed today... Do you ever have the feeling that life has passed you by? Worse than that... Sometimes I think life and I are going in opposite directions!

I don't want to get depressed, I don't want to get down in the dumps, and I don't want to get teased with the idea that everything's rigged and everything's fake.

While each of us ... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person.

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

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

Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems.

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

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.

Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'

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.

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

I am unable to give my best if I don't have my best to give.

Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant.

It's a very proactive thing to be dealing with your darkness and getting it out of your system. So it doesn't have to be in your system.

When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

I'm by no means an expert at giving advice on depression, but I would say that a lot of my show is about making the decision to be happy. We all think that happiness is something that just falls into our lap. But it's something you have to really work on.