Amity Gaige Quotes

Anything that can keep me distracted and from my own brain, it's good.

Unfiltered venting to a friend about difficult situations can be helpful. But it can work against you if your life turns into complaining.

Words can make the illness a subject I can master, and not one that one simply emotes over.

Sometimes I yell at my cancer cells, sometimes I make myself laugh.

I believe, as human beings, we sometimes indulge in self pity more than it's necessary. Over my life's journey, I have realised that overthinking about your problems and indulging in self-pity is not the answer to get through tough times.

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

When you're on the verge of depression, a good leveller is to put one foot in front of the other and do some manual labour.

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it's never as bad as the insanity you've created in your head.

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.

Talking to my mental coach definitely helps. I talk to her every week. Yeah, I mean, she's been helping me a lot, too.

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

I love therapy. I swear by therapy. I couldn't exist without therapy.

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.

Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness.

If you could literally 'rid' yourself of your problems by voicing them, I'd be all for it. But since that isn't so, why not reserve the spoken word for functional interactions and witticisms, if not declarations of love?

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everything's OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

I try to cope with everything through humor.

I've always been one of those people that, if I am angry, I just hold it in. And I always kind of, like, wrote it in a song and put it aside for myself because it helps me get it out. It's almost like exercising; it's almost like that for me.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.