Susannah Cahalan Quotes

And I think for me there's a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are.

When I was young, I was just about hard work. But as I got older, I did experience anxiety, doubt, judgment, and it's so easy to lose yourself for a second.

I avoid looking in the mirror.

In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.

When i was younger I was much more self focussed. I was worried about my self-image. I thought I was too fat. I was very critical of myself, and then I met and got to know and understand my husband. He helped me turn myself around. He had such a positive attitude towards life.

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.

I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

A sure-fire way to know you're crazy is if more than one person has told you you'd be great on a reality show - and you agree with them.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive.

You learn to accept your own reality.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga.

I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break.

The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better.

I have caught my reflection and thought, 'Oof. That girl is struggling. That girl is tired.' I've had mornings where I'm like, 'Oh God, I have weird hair.'

Knowing ourselves and how we feel can help us improve.

It's important to have an examined life - but it's a fine line between having an examined life and being hypercritical of oneself. There has to be balance in there somewhere.

Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?

Mindfulness can help people of any age. That's because we become what we think.