Roddy Llewellyn Quotes

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

Shopping at any level is a bit of therapy for my medulla oblongata.

I don’t care if it’s dog piss. It makes me feel better.

I was having a bad day, and my friend said, 'Go wash your hair.' I thought it was really silly - but it made me feel so much better. It might be a small thing, but it works. Washing it off and starting over.

It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.

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 used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to get over it. I should have allowed myself to be a little more human and not worry about trying to be a superwoman.

Many of us grew up with a kind of puritanism against shopping. But shopping can be much more than how it is cast. If you are bored or you have problems, it can be a way of lifting your spirits, by doing something light and superficial. Why not?

I don't know how I dealt with it. I went to a shrink.

Why pay $100 on a therapy session when you can spend $25 on a cigar? Whatever it is will come back; so what, smoke another one.

When I was coming out of depression, I made one random video. It wasn't funny or anything, but just the idea that people I didn't know were watching it made me feel less alone than I'd felt in a long time.

When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.

I couldn't afford therapy, so I just watched 'Frasier.' Season 4 was a breakthrough.

I would say if you are having a tough time in your life, then going to a club and getting laughs, it does make you feel better for that hour and a half show. It gets your mind off of it.

When I'm not depressed, I draw strength and beauty from depression; when I am depressed, I find no such things.

The only way I can cope is to lock myself in the bathroom and cry. Sometimes I sit there for hours and even eat my lunch sitting on the toilet floor. Anything to get peace and quiet.

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

It can feel like your whole world is caving in on you, and if you don't speak about it, it gets worse. You have to talk about your problems.

I was getting depressed, I was going out, having a few drinks and the worst thing you can do with depression is add alcohol to it.

I ate cucumbers and saltines - not because I wanted to look a certain way, but because I was so sad my appetite disappeared.

I know that when I get down or feel alone or depressed, I make music, and it makes me happy.

The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.

When you're in a depressed state, having something really bad happen gives you kind of a life again.

Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you watch a lot of Cartoon Network and drink mid-price Chardonnay at 11 in the morning.

After 9/11, I was like many people in New York City and got a little depressed. I began to check myself into The Waldorf Astoria for room service, movies and just to chill. I wanted to contribute to the great city of Manhattan.