Jhene Aiko Quotes

It's not that I want to necessarily avoid my darker moments, but I don't capitalize them and put a crown on them and tote them around as the answer anymore.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.

I don't torture myself.

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.

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

I call my therapist every other day. It's not a one-stop shop. You have to push away all that negativity in your head. Face it, name it, let it go.

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.

But I don't let my bad feelings rule my life. I acknowledge them because I can't pretend they aren't there.

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

There's nothing wrong with having a bad day. Let yourself feel those emotions because every emotion is validated.

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

Cardiac depression is very powerful; it's very black; it's very dark. What I've learned to do is get out of my head and get into my heart. And it just sounds like an easy thing - it was difficult at first - to truly recognize moment to moment how fortunate I am.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

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

Talking to my mental coach definitely helps. I talk to her every week. Yeah, I mean, she's been helping me a lot, too.

When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

In treatment, all of the negative things I did were stripped away and I had to start processing my feelings.

It is clear to me that one of the biggest obstacles we face as human beings is the pain we put ourselves through when we resist and wrestle with our emotions.

If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I've found that to be a tremendous help.

The best therapists can do with sadness, anger, and anxiety is to help patients live in the more comfortable part of their set range.

Many persons swear by positive thinking, and quite a few have been helped by it. Nevertheless, it is not a very effective tool and can be downright harmful in some cases.

Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.