Belinda Johnson Quotes

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.

I just want to get through each day without the need to shut my eyes for 10 minutes.

Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

I'm really, really emotional.

I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.

Having a giant beard really distracts people from noticing you're barely keeping it together emotionally.

If you're stressed out by someone, or if something is dragging you down, it will show on your skin.

Pressure feels sort of normal to me.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

I love to cry. It's great.

Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.

I just can't relax. That's my problem.

There are days when I should be writing, and I am so tired that I can't. And the fatigue also affects my emotions, making me not even care about writing. There are days when I wake up so angry I can barely speak, and also days when I am so sad.

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

Stress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored.

It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.

I don't know what anxiety is like anymore.

It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune.

I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life.

I keep waiting for things to get back down to whelming, but they stay at overwhelming.