Tommy Dorfman Quotes

Everybody has their demons that they face, and I went through a time when I thought it was impossible to love myself.

I think that there is a tragic misfit at the core of me, and I've just done a lot of work on myself. I love a good self-help book; I've read a ton of them. I love self-help seminars and therapy and all that.

There was a time where I was really confused about who I was and what I was doing, and I was just kind of depressed.

Subconsciously - I didn't know it then, I realize it today when I know a little bit more about the mind and the brain - I fought like I didn't deserve to live.

It's really hard to foster self-love; it really is. I think a lot of people who claim that they do have a definite lack of self-loathing are either lying or just in a place that I don't relate to.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

Anybody can get lost in themselves.

I take deep breaths and be true to my heart.

I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.

Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.

'Different' is such a good word. For me, ever since I was little, I always felt that something was off. And I just didn't have the resources to - I just didn't know what it was.

My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.

Dedicating some time to meditation is a meaningful expression of caring for yourself that can help you move through the mire of feeling unworthy of recovery. As your mind grows quieter and more spacious, you can begin to see self-defeating thought patterns for what they are, and open up to other, more positive options.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.

I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.

I'm searching, as we all are, for ways to feel good about myself. Certainly, looking in the mirror doesn't do it!

I will never be able to fix myself enough to the point I like myself, so I just jumped to the point where I said, 'I like myself as I am.'

Every day is a reminder to accept myself as I am.

I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

The biggest thing I've had to overcome was clinical depression. Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have once you can get control of your mind... I had to stop hearing the negative voices where Jennifer was not worthy of love or living.

I know my family loves me, but the hardest part is to love myself.