The best way to confront your fears it to stop avoiding the situation you're most afraid of.

Guilt serves a powerful social function in terms of policing our behavior.

That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

Depression has been called the worlds number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you.

Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

After all, this is how you learned how to walk. You didn't just jump up from your crib one day and waltz gracefully across the room. You stumbled and fell on your face and got up and tried again. At what age are you suddenly expected to know everything and never make any more mistakes? If you can love and respect yourself in failure, worlds of adventure and new experiences will open up before you, and your fears will vanish.