J. Tillman Quotes

I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.

I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.

I was an emotional basket case.

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

No, originally I thought that writing articles would keep me from having to see a psychiatrist, but I became even more depressed as a result.

I'm not one of those guys that has a great worldview. I kind of deal with terror and fear and isolation and abandonment.

The root of the problem I have is anxiety, and it's all derived from something - I'm just going to say it, some kind of sadness. It manifests in so many different ways and it affects people differently.

You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.

I'm not going to lie: you do get down sometimes, but I wouldn't say I was ever depressed; that's too hard a word. But you do become bored, because all you've done in your life is fight and box.

I've certainly gone through my fair share of anxiety and depression.

I suffer anxiety and a lot of insecurities, depression and stuff.

You can drive your own self crazy. You don't have to be in a bad situation or be bullied every day to feel this way. I was constantly judging myself. That's really the thing that gets you.

When I'm not working, I think and I think when I get depressed.

It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.

I still get awful depression. It's who I am.

Even when I'm in a really great, steady and stable place... I'm clinically bipolar, so that always exists - a darkness always exists.

I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff.

Your face tells a story and it shouldn't be a story about your drive to the doctor's office.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

Issues deals with the issues I had, the fears I had and it isn't a 'nice' album but fears and depressions are not particularly nice.

I never worried about topping myself.

Anxiety has afflicted me all my life.

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.