Matt Haig Quotes

I believe, as human beings, we sometimes indulge in self pity more than it's necessary. Over my life's journey, I have realised that overthinking about your problems and indulging in self-pity is not the answer to get through tough times.

I have battled clinical depression and have come out of the other side. I've been free of it for many years now. Finding the place in my own mind and heart to win that battle without using medication, finding the place within myself where I could be alive again, that was one of the biggest challenges I've faced.

If you're taking care of yourself, then what can somebody else tell you?

If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

One of my favorite tools is 'flip it.' 'Flip it' can become your new favorite mantra when you are having one of those mean thoughts. You can choose to flip it and change how you are feeling about yourself in that moment. This is helpful at any age.

I remind myself that, though there was a time anxiety might have stopped me, today is not that day. And so, by checking in with myself, minute by minute, I push myself through.

You've got to tune out the other people and tune in to what's going on inside. Love yourself. Nourish your body.

I don't think that I'm broken at all. I no longer think that I'm a mess. I just think I'm a deeply feeling person in a messy world.

Wellness, I came to realize, will not happen by accident. It must be a daily practice, especially for those of us who are more susceptible to the oppressiveness of the world.

Treating myself like a precious object will make me strong.

You’ve learned a new rule and it’s simple: don’t put yourself in situations you’d like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself, like that bunny in Runaway Bunny runs to its mother, but you are the mother and you’ll see that later and be very, very proud.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

Cardiac depression is very powerful; it's very black; it's very dark. What I've learned to do is get out of my head and get into my heart. And it just sounds like an easy thing - it was difficult at first - to truly recognize moment to moment how fortunate I am.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you.

There is an anti-aging possibility, but it has to come from within.

I always say a tremendous amount of healing is in your own hands.

It is important to remember that a thought is harmless unless we believe them and act on them. As the subject, since thoughts are an object of your awareness, you have the power to challenge every thought. You can decide if you want to make that thought real.

I don't torture myself.

When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.

I try not to worry about things that I can't control.

After 'Oz,' I've learned how to check out and not let that stuff get in.