We're All Mad Here Quotes

“If you have scars from the past, then bear them. We spend so much time trying to ignore pain, when sometimes the best way to heal is to release it.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“In a nutshell, social anxiety is being hyper-aware of how you're perceived by others and having and overpowering fear/obsession about looking like an idiot.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“It’s as simple as this: if you find something difficult and you do it anyway (whether it turns out the way you want or not), this is a success.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“That's the problem with memories - they can become skewed. So I desperately try to think about something else, which helps in the short term but doesn't deal with the root of the memory.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“That's the thing about labels - they're bloody sticky! Although the harsh words from classmates stopped years ago, the damage has been done.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“Don't try to treat an irrational problem with rational responses - if anything, it will only make the situation worse.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“At this point most people would probably accept that shit was about to go down, but not me. I like denial land - I'm all about denial land!”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“The amygdala is very theatrical. Mine likes to create a teen drama worthy of its own TV series, complete with all the scenarios that could go wrong. Every episode ends the same way: I make a fool of myself.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“Here's my first piece of advice and it's very important: YOU NEED TO ACCEPT THAT YOU HAVE A MENTAL CONDITION. You can't heal if you don't accept it, that's just the way it is. Take ownership of it.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“We humans like to think that we can control our emotions - 'mind over matter', yes? But in reality the mammalian is the strongest part of the brain.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety