Yes.

"Stressed?"

Yes.

"Do you get option anxiety when choosing methods to numb that incessant cry for help?"

Yes, and I've also never heard it described in quite so darkly delightful a way.

But that's the specialty of Jude Perl, whose musical comedy takes the power away from the mean little voice in our heads, by pointing out it's absurdities.

Her latest show - the one she is bringing to Launceston in September for Junction Arts Festival - is an "emotional rollercoaster" digging into labels, coping mechanisms, and how we use them in our everyday lives.

"It's comedy, but it's also very theatrical," she said. "It's got songs in it, and some wacky sketches.

"It's about half songs, and half delving deeper in to what I talk about in the songs."

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The original songs she performs are in the style of Tim Minchin or Rachel Bloom: black-humour observations wrapped in cheery piano.

Titles include Extroverted Introvert, Ways to Feel Lonely, and Bandaids!

There's an obvious undercurrent of psychic discomfort, and Perl said she first realised she actually had an anxiety disorder through her comedy.

She would sing about thoughts and feelings she had that she thought were "normal", and listeners would come up to her and praise her for the way she cleverly captured the neuroses of the disorder.

But being defined by her experiences with depression and anxiety is exactly what she's singing against.

"I feel like I've known what depression is since I was a kid, and the same with anxiety - but the label itself can be so overwhelming, for me," she said.

"It sort of takes over me, rather than saying, you know 'in this moment, I feel this way, and it's OK'.

"But I want to stress that I'm only talking about my experience and how I feel - I would never tell somebody else not to do something if it works for them."