Noel Edmonds Quotes

I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.

If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.

I've got a really tight group of friends from university and school who help me forget what I do and keep me grounded.

I think you have to feel your best by yourself. I do think it's important to have a solid friend that you can turn to, though - one that you can vent to.

Kittens are the best therapy.

We are able to relieve stress by leaning on each other. We often hang out at our home, order takeout food, and talk openly about our feelings. We are all there for each other.

Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their lives. They're more comfortable expressing the need for support and receiving it.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations.

I'm a lot less cranky when it's just me and my dog.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

I don’t see it as pressure. Among friends we can get advice.

In a time of crisis, there is rational tendency to turn to the writer.

Intimacy and community buffer stress.

My fans were probably the most therapeutic thing for me.

If I've helped fuel the debate on loneliness in some small way, that is wonderful.

I thrive on having support around me, even if they are not actively doing something. I feel happier, more confident.

Something that can instantly lift my mood is hitting the gym with a friend.

Any doctor will tell you a great treatment for depression is exercise, physical exertion, that it really ups the dopamine in your brain, so that's what a show is. I play a show and that's a high for me; I can ride that.

It's easy to isolate yourself when you're buried in work, or to rely only on work friends for empathy. And while your work friends will always 'get it' more than your life partner, they don't know how to comfort you like your partner does.

I think it's so important to have a great support network when you feel like you can't - I would actually go and talk to the people who tell you that you can.

I have some really great friends who encourage me.

I've actually read that isolation is the enemy, so why do that to myself?

I genuinely treasure my friends, they are my real support... What I get from them is big support, relief and relaxation as we meet every day to play cards.

Sometimes you don't have great days. You're going to have ups, and you're going to have downs. And when you have the downs, it's awesome to be able to come home to a wife that's extremely supportive and a dog that loves you no matter what.