Richard G. Scott Quotes

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

I've got over so much. Mum wouldn't want anything to come into my life that would make me fragile again.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

When I first went up to see my editor, I was with my agent, and my editor said, 'Well, what have you been doing all these years?' And my agent said, 'He's been in recovery. From his childhood.'

I've been in therapy since I was five, but music goes way, way, way, way, way beyond therapy.

You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories, and make peace with them.

We cannot change past events, no matter how painful, but we can always intend how we 'feel' about them and heal ourselves.

Recovery isn’t easy, at first. It takes time. It takes more work, sometimes, than you think you’re willing to do. But it is worth every hard day, every tear, every terrified moment. It’s worth it, because the trade-off is this: you let go of your eating disorder, and you get back your life.

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.

Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.

It eats you up. It eats you up. And you have to - I had a lot of help. I had a lot of therapy. And I was able to - because it was hard, you know, to - you can't just lay it on friends and children.

A lot of times when you go through a very traumatic situation and it's emotionally difficult to deal with you come back spiritually stronger. It changes you in a way.

If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.

To heal from the inside out is the key.

I've abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact - really, it's better.

Trying to suppress or eradicate symptoms on the physical level can be extremely important, but there's more to healing than that; dealing with psychological, emotional and spiritual issues involved in treating sickness is equally important.

I try to dig deep into my soul to figure out something positive in the pain. I think I go to certain places when I play to heal.

I was not treated like a serious young actress, and that was very hard. It sent me into psychotherapy, which is one of the smartest things I ever did. It taught me that I had to find value in myself.

I learned a lot about a traumatic situation and what it does to you. It really brings you closer to your family and your loved ones.

A lot of people out there get hounded about things that are going on in their lives. You just find ways to handle it and go on about your business.

I've accepted that we've all got crap to deal with and problems that we're fighting not to be defined by. At the end of the day, we all want the same stuff: fulfillment, love, support, comfort, and a hot-air balloon with laser guns attached to it. The most important thing is that we appreciate the crazy ride we're on.

It's been my experience with damaged people: they don't wake up every day and wallow in the bad things that have happened to them.

I want survivors to know that healing is possible.

I went very close to the edge, but it's nice to have been strong enough to get through it. I'm lucky I had family, a good husband, and my mom. People like that help balance you. When you're feeling down and bad, it's the people that love you who kind of sort your head out for you.

I had a long-term relationship that failed. I had some health issues. When you dip down emotionally you can gather some things that help you when you do rise. If you go through it and you're OK, you can develop some scars that help you in the time after.