Amy Winehouse Quotes

When you go through a traumatic event, there's a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of loss of self-esteem. That can become debilitating.

Sit down, man. You're a bloody tragedy.

It takes an extraordinary toll on me to re-live my experiences, the horrors of my past and the pain I had to endure. And yet, I believe remembering is the only way to promote healing, to promote awareness and accountability.

I learned a lot about a traumatic situation and what it does to you. It really brings you closer to your family and your loved ones.

I had a couple years of depression. I started drinking too much. I had to up my antidepressants. I cried all day, every day, and I lost weight. But I had to take care of two kids. It wasn't about me anymore.

I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.

I have friends who've tried suicide many times and haven't succeeded. I myself made an attempt, so I had a connection with that sort of group of people who have tried suicide at one time in their lives.

I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying.

Everybody is not completely traumatised by their life.

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.

The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to find it; it's going to find you. We all deal with it, and the effects go away after awhile. At least they did for me.

Yes, I've been very preoccupied with the survivor all through my work.

I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.

I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown.

At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety.

And so I was very grateful that I didn't do the British stiff upper lip, but I went straight to a therapist. And she was wonderful and helpful, and I went for about two years.

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.

There were only two times in my life when I've actually felt down about things and gotten myself into a full mental mess. One of the times was in 1982. I had a horrible time for a few months and felt pretty desperate. Then again in 1984, for various reasons, not all of them within my control. Since then, I just wander in and out of black moods.

There's something called latent PTSD. It manifests itself in different ways. I want to be free of it, but I'm not.

What do you do when your world is falling apart? How do you hold onto the real and the rational? I think that's very relatable for people.

Everybody faces pain. Everybody has trauma.

I have survivor's remorse.

Painful breakups can have profound effects on the body and mind.

I'm asked daily about how and why I don't have PTSD. I'm probably the last person on Earth you should ask about this stuff.