Iskra Lawrence Quotes

You need to know that you cannot control your feelings, and you cannot control your feelings about your feelings, but, as best as you can, intellectually understand that your feelings are valid and they're okay and don't try to stifle them or feel shame about them.

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

But I don't let my bad feelings rule my life. I acknowledge them because I can't pretend they aren't there.

I try to take my emotional pulse more now, to recognize when I need to go scream and cry for 20 minutes and then come back to center. Allowing yourself that time, it's a gift.

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home.

I don't torture myself.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

I hate putting negative energy out into the world. But it's either inside or out. I mean, it's either get an ulcer or have a fight.

I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.

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 don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything.

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.

Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under pressure. The English tradition is to get a grip, whereas the American version is to get in touch with your feelings, to say: 'I'm a good person. Isn't it terrible when bad things happen to people like me?'

Words can make the illness a subject I can master, and not one that one simply emotes over.

There are times when I think, 'Do I have the energy to be upset?' and the answer is 'no.'

I'm able to tell when I'm in a bad place or super-sad and move on. When you're stuck somewhere, you need to change something to shift the energy.

As I got older, I gave myself the space to be human and to have a minute and be disappointed and feel whatever I'm feeling.

For me, I kind of just follow my passions and follow what I love to do and use my free time to kind of answer those questions and go through my bad moods and maybe a little light case of depression.

Avoiding fear, sadness, or anger is not the same thing as being happy.

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

I have to say I have an amazing therapist. She's my best friend for life. She's taught me how to balance everything out.

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