David Sheff Quotes

I've not been able to avoid periods of time where I felt super-lonely. Luckily, I have a side that is able to always see the glass as half-full.

Many people are worried about my mental health. But as I've said many times, we're stronger than we think we are.

I think there's a lot of people going through different things where you feel like your whole world's imploded, and you feel like you lost it all, whether it's physical, emotional, whatever you're going through. If I can be that beacon of hope for people that need it the most through dancing and through our storytelling, then I've done my job.

Talk to people. Go another way. Don't kill yourself. It ain't worth it and I'm a great example. No matter how bad it seems at the time, work your way through it. Who knows how your life is going to turn out?

There is something very healthy about finding support from others during difficult times. I needed it for my own healing.

I did rocks, all this dumb stuff. But now it's just trying to stay afloat and just get through the days.

I knew you'd decide to be all right again.

Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me.

I want to help people with depression understand that there is hope, so that they can get the help they need to live rich, fulfilling lives.

We have heard time and time again in the course of our work how talking can help heal the hidden challenges we can't deal with alone.

I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm difficult. I'm sad. Am I strong, too? Maybe, but not always. There are days when I don't want to see anyone. The most important thing you learn? You can live with it.

In life, you have to learn how to heal. You never get over stuff, but you have to learn how to heal.

All of us know someone who has been through difficult emotional times, and we know how hard it can be to see a way forward.

It takes a strong person to admit he's got problems. Things are bugging you, you've got to get it out. Life is supposed to be peaches and cream, but it doesn't turn out that way. I sometimes found things confusing and sometimes didn't understand how things can be so difficult.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

When you've been touched by sadness and grief, it makes you vulnerable. And because I am vulnerable, I try to be positive. And when I say 'try,' I really do mean try, because it's an effort.

I'm asked daily about how and why I don't have PTSD. I'm probably the last person on Earth you should ask about this stuff.

I've done what I could as far as getting physically healthy after my knee injury, and I've done what I could to get mentally healthy after losing my husband.

As hopeful as I am, there are some times in my life when I get to low points. Luckily, I still have music to get me through things.

Depression Quest's' tone is one of hope. Many players have told me they've tried to take steps in their life to get their illness under control. I tear up while reading my e-mail on subways a lot.

I still have downs and get depressed, but I try not to dwell too much on being negative because it always passes and there is still so much to do.

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

For those suffering from depression, I know how dark and endless that tunnel can feel. But if happiness seems impossible to find, please hold on to the possibility of hope, faint though it may be.

I know I can feel bad, when I get in a bad mood, and the world can look so sad, only you make me feel good.