Amy Sherman-Palladino Quotes

I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.

I go to therapy a lot. And I'm - I'm open about that, and I try to get the help so that I - so that I can cope and - and make my way in life and with my family.

I don't feel bad about telling somebody I see a psychologist. I don't feel that you should feel bad about improving yourself.

I found it personally really difficult to admit to myself that I was struggling sometimes, but once I had the feelings and I knew I could not sit with them any longer, I sought the help I needed.

In New York City, everybody goes into therapy.

You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that.

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

Ever since I gave up therapy, it's my only time with a captive audience.

There's nothing wrong or weak about seeking a therapist. I have a therapist.

When a player hears the word 'psychologist' at the first, you are taken aback, but I realised that I needed help.

If I ever feel like I need to see someone to help me adjust to whatever life situation I'm seeing, I'll go. You're sick. When you're physically ill, you go to the doctor. It's the same thing about your mental. If you feel you're starting to get sick, you go see someone who can help you.

When I was at university in England, I went through a difficult phase. Outwardly everything seemed fine, and I was doing really well academically, but I was suffering from anxiety and frequent panic attacks and found it so difficult to reach out for help without people undermining my abilities.

I have a background in counseling because I've been to a lot of therapy.

I think black men especially should go to therapy and seek out mental help, because we need it. Even if you don't think you need it, we need it.

I am fortunate that I have a good support network who I felt I could say, 'Hey, I need to find out why I am speaking like this,' and they could find out who I needed to speak to.

When we have emotional pain in our lives, we are going to seek to relieve that pain in some way.

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

Self-indulgence is something to watch, but anything that helps you understand situations that are difficult to understand is good. If you're having some sort of emotional trauma, you need to find a person to talk to about it who says, 'This is quite normal; it's fine.'

Faced with stress, too many people feel they have nowhere to turn to, that they don't have access to the kind of friendships or communities where they can easily and openly share their problems and worries.

A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.

I've been to therapists my whole life.

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.

I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory.