Self-Help Strategies Quotes

All behavioral or mood disorders - including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction - have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.

Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. The goal of the treatment is not just partial improvement but full recovery.

When I was in high school, I had a gambling problem.

I haven't really worked with, like, a mental coach or anything.

Solutions aren't going to come out of Washington, but leadership can.

All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves.

I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.

I admit it: I'm a freak who sits obsessively in front of my computer typing my name into Yahoo Search over and over again. I'm a closet Amberholic. Please help me!

My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my fears; I do. Well, most of them.

To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy.

I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that.

There's a book that's critical to understanding anxiety, a 17th-century book, 'The Anatomy of Melancholy,' by Robert Burton. I wanted to write something like that.

This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.

I've had paranoid panic attacks.

An addict never stops growing. Stupider.

I was a functional addict.

I used to hyperventilate, but I don't do that anymore.

With the 12-step program, if you don't subscribe to that way of life completely, it can be seen as failing, and I think a lot of people can take the parts of that kind of program that they need and not other parts.

If you’re not in a good mood, the only thing you should make is a reservation.

You may be your own best helper, if you choose the right path.