“peace was never at the forefront of my mind. a war waged inside of me, but i began to take joy in… — Mecca-Amirah Jackson Copy Share Image
Depression is boring, I think and I would do better to make some soup and light up the cave. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
You are no more at fault for having depression than if you had asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or any other illness. — Harold H. Bloomfield Copy Share Image
“The effective and sufficient remedy for stress and depression is pure love-therapy, not only traditional and natural medication.” — Ehsan Sehgal Copy Share Image
“If the one who gave me life wants the real me to die... then all I can do is die.” — Setona Mizushiro Copy Share Image
Therapy is not to 'talk about' things, but to change the person's life, and to relieve suffering, such as depression, anxiety, or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Except you cannot outrun insanity, anymore than you can outrun your own shadow.” — Alyssa Reyans Copy Share Image
Today's generation has tremendous pressure to perform well at work. And if one can't match up to expectations then it can lead… — Priyanshu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
It was as if my father had given me, by way of temperament, an impossibly wild, dark, and unbroken horse. It was… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
“What was wrong with you?" "Melancholy. Nothing more or less than that. I have suffered it often. Not because I do not… — Rhiannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“depression was a successful adaptation to ceaseless pain and hardship [...] feeling bad all the time and expecting the worst had been… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“People often say “Just look for the silver lining.” But what do you say to the person surrounded by fog? They don’t… — Sadie Turner Copy Share Image
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." [ Modernism's… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
I think of depression as the mechanism that pushes down the pain of that loss. It tries to distance us from the… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“He could pour himself into my little paper cup heart and my emptiness would finally have a meaning.” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“We can’t deny our journey. We can’t pretend we’re fine when we’re not. All we can do is own it—own our suffering.” — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“During depression, negative thoughts find a way to stay in your mind by convincing your brain that they are more important than… — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
“I finally understood what could drive kids to show up with guns and shoot up their schools.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Everything hurts right now and nothing is helping because as the pain is getting worse — so is the love.” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
Many ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life. — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
When I'm not depressed, I draw strength and beauty from depression; when I am depressed, I find no such things. — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
“King David knew that the way out of depression was to exchange the spirit of heaviness for a garment of praise, because… — Terry Law Copy Share Image
“I sit up in bed slowly, feeling the disappointment trickle away like puddles after a rain shower.” — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“The butterflies swirl again in Sera’s stomach. Perhaps they have brought along fireflies too, to light up her soul.” — Christy A. Campbell Copy Share Image
“manic depression is the result of the sum of repetitiveness in life and expecting a different result.” — Pieter Swaenepoel Copy Share Image
“She soaked her feet in salt and stared up at the stars and wondered whether drowning would hurt.” — Amal El-Mohtar Copy Share Image
I've had a panic disorder since I was sixteen, and they always said that's a subset of depression. And I'm like, 'I… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
“Somehow they fail to see that for someone aggravated by depression, self-help will be useless, indeed, it is precisely the self that… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negro had but few pegs to fall. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Colors are important. People are in clinical depression whether they are on medication or not. Neutrals are another form of medication. — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
“Quotes and notes to self – Find your inner peace! Don’t be caught up in your outer world. Pay greater attention to… — Allan Rufus Copy Share Image
Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus. It's a… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Recession leads to depression, from our obsession, of what was once our possession — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane. — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
When I need some striking inspiration about deep depression for my new painting, I just need to go to check my bank… — Hiroko Sakai Copy Share Image
![“depression was a successful adaptation to ceaseless pain and hardship [...] feeling bad all the time and expecting the worst had been natural ways of equilibrating themselves with the lousiness of their circumstances. Few things gratified depressives, after all, more than really bad news [...]…” quote by Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/a94/jonathan-franzen-801_bad-news_depression-was-a-successful-adaptation-t_1821565.jpg)
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