Quotes about "Mental Health & Wellbeing"

A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels like. Both perspectives are necessary if we are to fully grasp the nature of the mind, yet they are rarely brought together. ”

You learn emotional experiences as much as you learn cognitive experiences, except that they are more unconscious. Sometimes one represses the cognitive component of it, but it's often more difficult to repress the emotional component. ”

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. ”

Of course fear does not automatically lead to courage. Injury does not necessarily lead to insight. Hardship will not automatically make us better. Pain can break us or make us wiser. Suffering can destroy us or make us stronger. Fear can cripple us, or it can make us more courageous. It is resilience that makes the difference. ”

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction. ”

I've always said we need to build resilience locally. ”

When you watch a Coen brothers movie, it is always so certain about what it is trying to portray. That is their strength. The minute they write a word, they know how it will look on-screen. They are very purposeful, with no kind of mistakes. ”

It's very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don't really have that much control with it. ”

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically. ”

The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters. ”