Daniel Howell Quotes

You are never alone. You are in control of your mental health and you can make a change. No matter how dark it may get, if I can do it, so can you. You will get through this night

Humans are just really complicated plants

Just remember that you can't help others before helping yourself first. Like an oxygen mask on a plane, you won't be good for much if you're running out of air as you prioritise everyone's needs over your own.

When you learn to separate yourself from thoughts as they come into your head, they have less power. You realise instead of them being all-encompassing terrors that you need to give all your mental energy to, they are really just an idea your brain decided you should consider. Therefore you can just not consider it, and your mind can be at peace.

Don't settle on mental health problems being a part of who you are—they are challenges that you can overcome.

You are not a "bad" person if you eat "badly". Your value as a person is not based on what you eat.

Never make big decisions in a heightened emotional state, and remember that no matter what is happening in your life, the feeling is temporary. There is always something that every single one of us can do, whether that's tomorrow (when we have a plan), or just with the passage of time. Circumstances always change - so don't do anything that you can't change.

The key thing to remember is that these bad feelings themselves are not dangerous. Although it feels horrible, anxiety can't actually harm you.

Teaching that ‘boys don’t cry’ doesn’t work. If they aren’t allowed to cry, they might give up and die.

Am Ende jedes Tages gibt es einen Moment, in dem die Welt verblasst und wir mit unseren Gedanken alleine bleiben. Was man in den Hintergrund geschoben hat, kommt nach vorn und fordert unsere Aufmerksamkeit.

Zusammenbrüche können Durchbrüche sein.

«En proporción al peso corporal —observa el Dr. Howell—, el páncreas humano pesa más del doble que el de una vaca.»

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The cliché is that night is darkest just before the dawn, but it's often in these moments of confrontation and reflection that we learn something.