J. D. Salinger Quotes

If I'm having a really bad day, I always have a girlfriend - or even a guy friend - who I can call. They'll listen to me wallow for a minute and then be like, 'Okay, let's stop. Everything's great. Let's figure out how to fix whatever's bothering you.'

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

Ever since I gave up therapy, it's my only time with a captive audience.

Humor was how I got through everything in my life. I used to find a funny way to get out of situations. That's who I was. That's who I am!

Whenever I have a bad day, I tell everybody around me, 'Just so guys know I am having a bad day and I am nervous about these things,' and that makes all the difference.

There are two types of people in the world: those who think everyone needs therapy, and those who have never been.

When pressure builds up, don't panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve.

I feel ashamed now that I tried to take my life. It is such a precious thing. I had no one to talk me out of my despair and that was a mistake. You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.

When things get tough, you should seek out someone like a coach or friend or family member to talk things through with.

Got an issue, get a tissue.

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

We don't function well as human beings when we're in isolation.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

I don't need a good skate to make everything OK.

Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.

To be connected to the real world is healthy and important.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

Having gone through so many of the personal things I've gone through, its about creating an (online) space for girls to be heard. I don't profess to have all the answers. But Ask Elizabeth is a space where girls are not alone.

Thank God my best friend's a therapist.

If I'm diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent.

I haven't looked to my peers for advice because we're all going through the same thing. How do you ask your friends for advice when they're going through the exact same thing?

With my father and sister being very depressed for most of their lives, it was incumbent on me to try to make them laugh, in this ridiculous way. They were the wittiest people I knew, but to get a smile from them was like winning the lottery.

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane, If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.