Lucy Dacus Quotes

It's very difficult to advocate for yourself while you're in excruciating pain.

The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.

One day at a time. You rise, you eat, you bathe, and you talk to the few people you can tolerate while feeling so wretched. Over time, it hurts a little less. Then a little less. And so on...Until one morning, you will awake and realize the pain is only a memory. It will always be with you, but it will eventually lack the power to cripple you.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

I was seeing everything through pain. I would roll out of bed and do my exercises. I had to do that to work out the remainder of the pain pills. I would drink coffee and go to the set and plunge myself so far into my work.

I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out.

You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

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

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

If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.

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

You take the cards you're dealt. I'm now ferociously healthy in body and mind. You couldn't pay me to go near a psychiatrist again. Stopping seeing them was my first step to getting well.

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive.

For many years when I was younger, I let negative things that people said about me affect my life. What I've learned is that it's really important to find the right support network, focus on the positive things in your life and quiet that negative voice in your head.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

I meditate a lot, but I am constantly in pain. I'm trying to live with this. You just have to accept it.

The best advice is to get on with it. I'm very prone to falling into depressions - not clinical, just 'can't be bothered.' It's such a waste of time.

Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do.

Women have to air it out, hold on to it, work on it.

I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.

The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don't sit and cry about it. Have your moment, and then get over it.

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.