Quotes about "Mental Health Recovery"

I wasn't creative when I was depressed. When my depression got treated, I was creative again. ”

Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home. ”

I don't think you can work properly if you have anxiety about something; it stops you doing the work you're paid to do. ”

You write these vulnerable songs as a sort of therapy, but if you don't confront people on a daily basis, it's not reality. There's still a bit of separation there. ”

Half of my anxiety is about whether people are going to like me. ”

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy. ”

When I write, it's to heal. It's my own self-therapy so that I don't actually feel sad all of the time. ”

I used to work at a label. I used to be a publicist. I used to be at a management company. ”

I'm pursuing a degree in mental health counseling. It'll be a long journey, and I still want to do music and other creative projects. ”

Dedicating some time to meditation is a meaningful expression of caring for yourself that can help you move through the mire of feeling unworthy of recovery. As your mind grows quieter and more spacious, you can begin to see self-defeating thought patterns for what they are, and open up to other, more positive options. ”