Lexi Underwood Quotes

I had gone through a really rough patch in my life, struggling with anxiety and depression for the first time ever, and it was totally new to me. I really had no idea what was going on, and it was all I could think about, so it was all I could write about.

I have struggled with anxiety and depression since I was a teenager.

I call my therapist every other day. It's not a one-stop shop. You have to push away all that negativity in your head. Face it, name it, let it go.

Dealing with chronic anxiety has taught me to better understand the nuances of mental illness and the very individual nature of it.

I never thought I'd be somebody dealing with anxiety or depression.

When I am not acting, I am in depression, and then I do depression management.

I have anxiety and have had depression in the past.

I've certainly gone through my fair share of anxiety and depression.

I suffer anxiety and a lot of insecurities, depression and stuff.

Some days I'm in better control and can navigate my way through stuff, and other days, not so much.

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'

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

I am actually going to two therapists right now. I don't know, I actually feel like therapy has just made me more uncomfortable.

Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety issues, and it can totally overwhelm me and suck me under if I'm not keeping focused. I just think and think until I have a panic attack, and then it dies down.

Positive psychology is not remotely intended to replace therapy or pharmacology. So when depressed, anxious or in panic or post-traumatic stress disorder, I am all for therapies that will work. Positive psychology is another arrow in the quiver of public policy and psychology through which we can raise wellbeing above zero.

Once you know the emotional building blocks of anxiety, you can influence them.

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.

Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse.

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

I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain.

Depression is so exhausting - it takes up so much of your time and energy - and silence about it, it really does make the depression worse.

I have had periods of depression in my life.

I've said before, I've always had difficulty with anxiety and depression. I've been on medication for it since I was about 18 years old, varying degrees of medication. I've had big ups and downs with it and very bad periods.

When I get anxiety and depression and things like that, I take to eating.