Romeo Dallaire Quotes

When I was 14, I felt very rundown; I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I don't know if it's something that happens at 14, or whether it was adolescence or whether I was gay, or closeted gay, or whatever it was, I felt that.

I actually did go through severe depression and anxiety attacks where I couldn't sleep for weeks. It was definitely several months of being not myself.

We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like.

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.

I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.

There is a very moving and ancient connection between cancer and depression.

The root of the problem I have is anxiety, and it's all derived from something - I'm just going to say it, some kind of sadness. It manifests in so many different ways and it affects people differently.

Quite a few of the dogs that come back from Afghanistan or Iraq or police dogs that are involved in violent confrontations where there's gunfire can in fact exhibit the symptoms and suffer from PTSD.

There's something called latent PTSD. It manifests itself in different ways. I want to be free of it, but I'm not.

Stress is a killer.

I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions.

I had a breakdown after making 'Atonement.'

I had every stress-related illness you can get.

I had panic attacks as a little girl, and they were not subtle.

A breakdown involves getting to the point at which your mental state prevents you from doing the normal things of your everyday life. I remember from my own experience that I was completely ambushed by mine.

Bullies really bother me a lot. A lot, a lot.

I was under so much pressure. I often felt scared.

Painful breakups can have profound effects on the body and mind.

I've suffered from anxiety and a lot of other things.

I literally should go to a Twitter therapist, just the 10 years of stress and trauma with this company.

I personally dealt with a lot of depression and anxiety in my life.

I left football, and overnight, I couldn't walk. I wet the bed even though the bathroom was only three meters away. It was 4 A.M., and I knew if I stood, my ankle would kill me.

The 'Horn 'OK' Pleassss' harassment incident and the mob attack there had sent me spiralling into a deep state of depression in 2008.

I am always running away from something.

I have some issues that I don't know if they will become issues. I have some things in my head, I forget things. I can't turn my head a lot or my brain crashes. I have back and wrist pain.