Quotes about "Mental Health Recovery"

It wasn't until my girlfriend, photographer Jennifer Rovero, took hundreds of pictures of me as I recovered from my amputations that things started to change. The process was a sort of therapy for me, which Jennifer coined as 'photo therapy.' I grew to see the beauty and strength in myself and my journey through the lens of her camera. ”

They say that it's rare, and for the longest time, I felt alone being a victim of TSS. It not only left physical wounds but mental ones. I battled PTSD and fell into a dark depression after what happened. I melted into my bed, and life just sort of stopped. ”

Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself. ”

There were times in my early 20s where I dealt with some anxiety and depression issues. At that time, it just feels like you're under the water, and you can't get out. ”

We went from playing small clubs to quite big stages quite quickly, and a lot of the time, I felt like I was trying to catch up with myself. Figuring out how to take up space was an interesting journey. ”

I'm still young; I've had a couple things under my belt. I don't even think I've begun where I'm gonna be eventually. I really feel very much in the beginning of my journey. I feel very new. ”

Whatever your ethnicity is, in this life you are going to be on a journey to discover who you are and how you feel about yourself. ”

I kind of see it as my personal therapy to get on stage and do characters. ”

If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now. ”

Seriously, my heart is to just go forward as far as I can, making music that I love and seeing where the journey takes me. ”