"I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up"
About this Quote
“I crashed down” is an unusually physical verb for a psychological state, the sound of a body hitting something hard. It quietly rejects the pop-culture fantasy of the empowered comeback narrative; this is the before-photo, the moment when resilience is not yet a brand. When she calls herself “an emotional mess,” she’s not asking to be mythologized as strong - she’s insisting on being believed as wrecked. That matters coming from a star whose career depends on polish, control, and performance.
The final line is the most revealing because it’s both ordinary and alarming: “go to bed and never get up.” It’s depression translated into the most domestic image possible, turning rest into disappearance. Subtext: the betrayal isn’t only romantic or professional, it’s existential - the world has become unsafe enough that sleep looks like refuge. Contextually, it lands as a rare moment when a celebrity memoir voice stops selling redemption and instead documents the cost of keeping the show going while the person behind it is falling apart.
Quote Details
| Topic | Heartbreak |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Twain, Shania. (2026, January 16). I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-lost-my-sense-of-trust-honesty-and-compassion-i-102216/
Chicago Style
Twain, Shania. "I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-lost-my-sense-of-trust-honesty-and-compassion-i-102216/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-lost-my-sense-of-trust-honesty-and-compassion-i-102216/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.









