Patrick Marber Quotes

Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success.

I don't torture myself.

I am a smiling depressive.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.

I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything.

I still have a lot of those depressive thoughts, but now I have the foresight to tell myself, 'Don't think like that,' and things seem better.

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.

Oh yes, I certainly have low days. I feel that in treating the depression, it's not so much that I've become happier as it is that I can be unhappy in better ways.

You have to find ways to find that center, to find that balance, to find sanity, because again, we are getting bigger, and people look at us that way. We have to find that new balance.

I still have difficult days when I lose hours to anxiety, feeling my throat swell and my mind race with paranoid thoughts. But - thanks in part to ongoing therapy - they're happening less and less.

Like many artists, I have issues with anxiety and depression, so I try to live in a way that supports my mental health.

I personally dealt with a lot of depression and anxiety in my life.

I had gone through a really rough patch in my life, struggling with anxiety and depression for the first time ever, and it was totally new to me. I really had no idea what was going on, and it was all I could think about, so it was all I could write about.

I have struggled with anxiety and depression since I was a teenager.

If you happen to be mostly depressed about the state of your life, I don't know whether you feel like doing impulse control.

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

I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.

There are a lot of things that I'm allowing myself to be, but it's a conscious effort to experience contentment for me. My brain doesn't do that naturally. I'm very overwhelmed all of the time.

Some days I'm in better control and can navigate my way through stuff, and other days, not so much.

I'm giving life lessons and tips on how to take care of your emotional heart, because heart disease is the number-one killer in America.

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it's never as bad as the insanity you've created in your head.

I always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.