Andrew Solomon Quotes

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

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

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.

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

I always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions.

I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency.

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

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'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 passion is to help people live lives with less stress.

If you feel depressed, go and buy twenty books about depression. Learn about it; find out how it works.

I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain.

I still have difficult days when I lose hours to anxiety, feeling my throat swell and my mind race with paranoid thoughts. But - thanks in part to ongoing therapy - they're happening less and less.

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

If you happen to be mostly depressed about the state of your life, I don't know whether you feel like doing impulse control.

I'm naturally a very happy person, but I've had times with depression and have got through it with therapy.

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 work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.