Elyn Saks Quotes

Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do.

Dealing with chronic anxiety has taught me to better understand the nuances of mental illness and the very individual nature of it.

When I am not acting, I am in depression, and then I do depression management.

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

I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Depression and anxiety can't fit in your head if you're cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.

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

I try to cope with everything through humor.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.

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.

I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.

I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.

I'm not a depressive, but I certainly have mood swings. It's an occupational hazard, I would say, and I'm glad I'm in the occupation I'm in.

I try not to get depressed about stuff I can't do anything about.

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.

I get depressed pretty easily but have found the best way to combat it is to surround yourself with people you can talk openly with about it.

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

If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear.

As long as you can worry about the stuff you can control, that's always best for you.

My way of coping with the day to day news cycle, which can be a lot, following every undulation of the news, I think it's really psychologically harmful, so I check in, but I check in on a slower cycle. That's my way of controlling my emotional response to fairly dark times.

It's your job to find a release and an outlet for the stress and the feelings. Never forget: the crazy stays at home.

I will continue going to the psychologist. It helps me to manage the pressure and emotions.