Jennifer O'Neill Quotes

Half the ills we heard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them.

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change and deny our emotions - especially the ones that shake us at our very core, like hurt, jealousy, loneliness, shame, rage and grief.

I'm going to have my moody times.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.

We all go through different mood changes. I'm just a person; I've got all those emotions going like everybody else, and sometimes it gets the better of you.

Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success.

I spent a lot of time reading 'Cosmopolitan' and quietly crying.

It's just like I'm an athlete, I'm a human being. I have personal issues going on.

I can't deal with waking up and being sad.

Even people who aren't pleasant to deal with - it's often because they're unhappy, and something's still not resolved for them.

Emotions matter. They influence all aspects of our lives - how we live, work, and play - from the decisions we make and how we communicate. Emotions also influence our overall health and well being.

I feel like everybody's got their health issues and their battles, and yeah, mine go up and down. It's never really over.

My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.

You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

It is clear to me that one of the biggest obstacles we face as human beings is the pain we put ourselves through when we resist and wrestle with our emotions.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn't been.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.