Yael Cohen Quotes

When you're going through these difficult times of chaos and trauma, the most important thing is to keep those who are closest to you together.

Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.

I've suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.

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

Anxiety is loves greatest killer.

Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.

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

I've had to find my sanity.

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

It is so important to talk about your cancer and the feelings you have about it.

Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns.

Some people think they're depressed and they go to the doctor and want pills. And you just think: 'You hate where you live, you've lost your job, your boyfriend has dumped you, could all this be why you're depressed?'

Depression is something I've dealt with every day of my life.

Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.

Unfortunately, I think depression and anxiety are really hard to live with. And what people don't need is to feel bad about themselves because they decide to go on medication.

You never really shake depression and that's a tough road you have to deal with.

I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can be divorced and flourish. When we believed that happiness was only smiling and good mood, that wasn't very good for people like me, people in the lower half of positive affectivity.

I'm just into having fun, because I went through some bad years that really depressed me and made me angry.

It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it's not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on.

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression.

Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak.