Susan Polis Schutz Quotes

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

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

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.

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.

I've battled with that type of stuff, but what I've found is that by doing stand-up, I've actually learned about depression and how to combat it. I don't have clinical, but I've definitely had my bouts with it.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.

There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.

I've always just talked to my family and my friends. I've never been a person that's gone through excessive therapy at all. Some people might say that I should.

I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.

My problems aren't so different from anybody else.

People can be cruel, but that doesn't mean you have to take it home, wrap yourself up in it and wear it.

I don't know how people can live without a therapist.

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

I get frustrated but never depressed.

A few years ago, I would let it get to me. But now, as long as my mum and my sister and my kids don't have any stress, I'm good.

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.

I don't get depressed.

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

I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.

I've seen a therapist at different points in my life for different reasons.

A very sensitive person in this stupid world is bound to become mad.... Only meditation can save him from becoming mad.

Moving to New York City and doing what I do, social anxiety is a really ridiculous kind of curse to have. But I met people along the way who deal with it - performers as well - and they are learning to deal with it daily and deal with it in different ways.

I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.

At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.