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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.

I still have a lot of those depressive thoughts, but now I have the foresight to tell myself, 'Don't think like that,' and things seem better.

I had a lot of depression as a kid.

I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.

Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.

The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and angry, and I was full of rage. I wasn't lying in bed.

Dealing with chronic anxiety has taught me to better understand the nuances of mental illness and the very individual nature of it.

I've never been to a psychiatrist so have never gotten to the point where I could be formally diagnosed with any disorder. But I definitely have anxiety.