Bill Burr Quotes

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Long ago you may have given up control of your brain and set it on autopilot either because it just felt like too much work. And it is work! But for me, this work was well worth it for the prospect of not waking up sad every day.

The only thing that feeling bad accomplishes is to plummet you into anxiety, despair, depression, and stress. In such situations, ask yourself in that moment what THOUGHT you can have that will make you feel GOOD!

I used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to get over it. I should have allowed myself to be a little more human and not worry about trying to be a superwoman.

There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.

Drugs are marvelous if you want to escape, but reality is so rich, why escape?

There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not.

Mind over mattress.

I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.

I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books.

I've found that a combination of therapy and medication, along with lifestyle choices like eating better and exercising regularly, helps me cope well with my anxiety.

My theory is, if you force yourself to smile enough, then you start to feel it. Which comes in handy all the time.

There's a lot around us that we can't control, but my body, my mind, and my soul are pretty much the only things that I can.

With anxiety and depression, what's been most helpful to me has been learning a toolbox - a set of skills I can use when I'm in periods of low mood or feel an anxiety attack coming on. When Years & Years took off it felt like I needed that toolbox really quickly.

Everyone reacts to things differently but just identifying in your own life, what works, seeing what doesn't, is as important for to you to talk about your own mental health.

I don't stay in the constant worried and over-thinking zone.

I try to get enough sleep and exercise, try not to make mountains out of molehills, and vent a lot. I have a good team to support my work. I also do lots of mundane things, which will center me.

If we don't go mad once in a while, there's no hope.

Sunday is the day people go quietly mad, one way or another.

Wise men mingle mirth with their cares, as a help either to forget or overcome them; but to resort to intoxication for the ease of one's mind is to cure melancholy by madness.

The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional. Anxiety is not a sin; it's an emotion. So don't be anxious about feeling anxious. Anxiety can, however, lead to sinful behavior. When we numb our fears with six-packs or food binges, when we spew anger like Krakatau, when we peddle our fears to anyone who will buy them, we're sinning.

I've learned what I can control is whether I am going to live a day in fear and depression and panic, or whether I am going to attack the day and make it as good a day, as wonderful a day, as I can.

For me mindfulness is like building a house, so the next time the tsunami that is depression comes I'll have a structure in place to resist it.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.