Dave McCary Quotes

'SNL' doesn't have a traditional writer's room. On Monday, there's the pitch meeting with the guest, and I played that like it was stand-up.

I didn't learn about depression or anxiety at school. So when I had to go to my parents to say 'I need help, I need to go to therapy,' I felt like this weird, messed up kid. And I wasn't, but I felt that way.

If anybody has a bad day, they'll just come to my room because they know I'll bring out the positive in everything, or I'll make them laugh, or I'll be just crazy.

I've come to terms with the fact that I'll probably be in therapy all of my life.

Many of the underlying factors in poor mental health are societal.

You can't go back to work unless you have a great support network, whatever that is. My mum and dad, sister, and husband are great.

When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, "What’s your rush? You can kill yourself any time you like. So calm down. Suicide is a positive act." And they do calm down.

My mom had the breakdown for the family, and I went into therapy for all of us.

If things are really overwhelming and you need to talk, you can give me a call at 347-273-2044.

Life is a big collaboration - and when you're tackling something that is painful and troubling and is causing you such desperate grief that you think life's not worth living - you need to reach out. To people who will reach back.

I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.

It's hard to be a friend to someone who's depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.

when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns

Telling someone with depression to pull themselves together is about as useful as telling someone with cancer to just stop having cancer

You get help at the gym. No one complains about that. You get help from your trainer. That's commonplace, and I think we need to spend more time doing that with mental help. You know, a lot of us have issues that we don't work on and we don't deal with, and I try. I try my utmost.

Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who is detached from you. They just listen to what you tell them and you get to form the way that they see you, whereas everyone else in your life already thinks they know what you're dealing with or what you're going through. That's my recommendation for actual anxiety.

I think that's the function of a lot of psychiatrists and therapists, is keeping people afloat just long enough for them to get older.

I don't know why anyone does the job without that pressure.

The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.

I'm certainly not ashamed to say that I was on some anti-depressant medications. I believe there are times in life where we have to raise our hand and say I need help. I found a good doctor.

Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.

Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.

There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.

If you want to kill yourself, do not use us as your knife.

In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists -- we have friends instead.