If I could leave a tip for the young guys, it would be don't hit yourselves every day.

In the past I've been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emotional water. 'Rampart' I really went into it and it took me three times as long to get out of that...

I have a great life, amazing family and friends, so it's easy for people to be like, 'What have you got to be sad about?' But it's not that; it's a chemical imbalance in your brain that sometimes...

It's so easy to dwell on what has happened, the missed cuts, but I would end up being upset, angry and depressed about things. So you can't do that.

I have friends who have had PTSD, and you can get it from other things than war.

I think therapy can also be a bit of a weird thing, because it's amazing, and I think it's so vital, and it's helped me in so many ways, but it also does uncover things that you probably would never...

Working out has always been a stress reliever for me. I don't know if it's so much vanity as it more just keeps my mind from going crazy.

I am a special footballer, and I need to be happy when I'm playing.

Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by the diagnostic manual. Surely, this is a social and cultural...

Generally speaking, talk to any stand-up comedian, the people in this world who are the brightest and have the biggest smile often are struggling with a lot of things under the surface.

We've all heard stories about poker players grinding it out for two days straight. Believe me; I've got stories like that of my own. But the bottom line is that these stories usually don't have great...

It's very, very difficult when you have to prepare for something that might not ever happen.

I see girls who are so skinny on the catwalks, and I know so many of them destroy their lives and their family's lives.

I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.

The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced...

Barkley was the first of many American skyjackers whose primary interest was money; by 1972, the majority of the nation's hijackings would involve demands for ransom. Barkley himself was declared...

I try not to spend too much time online but at the same time if I didn't, I'd be isolated.

I went from not being known anywhere in the world to winning junior Wimbledon and six months later playing the Australian Open. I was a victim of my own success, really.

It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal.

I feel really passionate now that talking with family, friends, or a counsellor is the way to deal with negative situations and difficult times.

Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was...

The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never mind write.

I don't get mad too much.

Times of my life, brief periods without music, have completely felt dangerously over the edge.

The music industry is in such poor shape; it's in a really bad way, and a lot of people in the industry are very depressed.

How many women have been in a mental institution because they've been called crazy when they're just not allowed to be honest or be who they are?

SoulCycle - When I'm stressed or feeling down, it always turns me around.

The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychological roller coaster they're going to have to ride....

I have a voice inside. A voice that I am forever trying to silence. A voice that calls me in when I want to be out, playing. A voice that is always sad. That is always terrified. That always wants to...

I'm not a doctor, but I would assume that anything that you're doing that's harming you, and you can't stop doing it, is a sign of mental illness.