To be creative in any way is one of the most important ways to deal with life's 'ups and downs'

When we are depressed we are loosing it.....CURIOSITY!

"Waiting is painful, forgetting is painful but not knowing which to do is the WORST kind of SUFFERING!" Paulo Coelho

Depression, anxiety and panic attacks are NOT a sign of weakness. They are signs of having tried to remain strong for too long...

Neurotics get a bad rap, but being on the neurotic end of the personality scale can have some surprising benefits / they're more likely than other personality types to get completely absorbed in a film. While this means they enjoy sad films far less (neurotics usually have a highly reactive sympathetic nervous system, making them sensitive to any environmental stimulation, say the researches), they get to enjoy comedies and feel-good movies than the rest of us.