Robin Tunney Quotes

People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for.

You know what worries me? Interacting with the kids. I'm afraid that's when my Tourette's will kick in.

Right now, as I've gotten older, my tics sustain for five or ten years. So, I can deal with them on a daily basis; I know how it affects my body. But when you're 10 years old, and every three months a tic comes along, it's daunting because you don't know what the next one is going to look like, what it's going to feel like.

Living with Tourette's is not easy.

There were times in my early 20s where I dealt with some anxiety and depression issues. At that time, it just feels like you're under the water, and you can't get out.

Big things, a real crisis, I think I'm pretty good, but this little thing will just wallop me. I think I'm managing depression better now: when the mood comes, I just try and sit it out.

I am on medication - I've talked about that before - just to help my anxiety, so I'm not depressed all the time.

The performance anxiety I had is still there. I've been given different kinds of tools and learned how to manage it.

I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety several years ago, so it's something I've been battling most of my life.

Many top professional sportsmen from different sports see a psychologist.

I've done specific work to take care of anxiety. I believe that the psychological side can work for you just as it can against you. The better your command is over the psychological aspect, the better your physical performance. There's no other way.

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

As an adult, I've learned to cope and pull the plug on the worst what-ifs before my mind takes me to a place from which I can't return.

When I was younger, about 15, I suffered badly from depression.

I got this advice that if you know a panic attack is happening, just sit back and go, 'Okay, this is happening to me, but it'll be over. You'll be fine. You'll live.'

I've always suffered from depression.

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

I've been taking medication for depression and anxiety ever since I was a teenager and I've had treatment for both.

I battle with things like depression in my life, I battle with things like anxiety, I battle with things like attention deficit disorder, and I ignored them all.

When you're a bit of an anxious person, and you constantly worry about things, there comes a point where certain jobs are just really bad for you.

I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting.

We're out of our comfort zones with depression. I certainly was and whenever I have bad days now I speak to someone to get it off my chest.

Me, helping people stay in a good state of mind, is actually what I'm good at and what I do.

I think music can be therapeutic and a really positive thing, but that seeing a therapist is the best form of therapy you can get.

I have anxiety and have had depression in the past.