Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

Women have been programmed to criticise their own bodies because we should have the shape that society, and in particular men, want.

I have a suicide impulse.

The interesting thing for me is, if I met Michael Peterson in person, I'd want him to let himself off the hook just a little bit.

When I write, I can shake off all my cares.

I recommend that people try new stuff or take new fitness classes all the time. It's important to mix up your routine, not only for your body, but also for your mental state.

I'm not sure why there's this anger in the youth, but we need to talk about it. Kids need to get help if they need help, and bullies need to be helped as well.

I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

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...

I'm a Virgo and I'm more - I don't want to say 'negative' - but I'm the girl who thinks no one's coming to my birthday party, no one's buying my clothes, no one's reading my book, no one's watching my...

I think that going on any reality show is not good for your mental health because you behave differently when you are being watched, and you constantly have an extra bit of awareness of what's going...

I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less...

It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change and deny our emotions - especially the ones that shake us at our very core, like hurt, jealousy,...

Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and...

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.

Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.

Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

Mama: But something might happen. Something that might change everything. Who knows what it might be, but it might be worth waiting for! {Jessie doesn't respond.} Try if for two more weeks. Jessie:...

The incurable ills are the imaginary ills

A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

Sometimes I didn't think the world was worth it. Saving. Sometimes I didn't think I was worth it either.

With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to convince people of things they don't want to know.

He doesn't even like me. I let the thought roll around in my head. Anything I feel during that time gets shoved into the vault with the ten-foot-thick door slamming as soon as it goes in, just in case...

When things go wrong, just do your best to make it through the day and you'll be okay in a short time.

I think happy thoughts and feel happy things and I do not let myself near the swirling black edges of the hole that is my soul when I look at them.

I'll be fine. I'm always fine.

Share, share, share your experience, feelings, anxiety.

Don't walk in my head with your dirty feet.