A shot to kill the pain; a pill to drain the shame. A purge to stop the gain; a cut to break… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The genre of self-help for depression is littered with well-intentioned books that overpraise solutions and raise false hopes. It would be nice… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“...Sometimes they open it up like a package in the presence of a person they can talk to,' she said. 'Someone they… — Julia Schumacher Copy Share Image
Then it is in me, too, the psychotic streak. A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I… — Jack Dee Copy Share Image
Most of the depressions are self-created. A few people are pathologically ill: they cannot help it. It just comes from within because… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
“In a depression, I’d imagine rich people try to dress like they’re poor, and poor people try to dress like they’re rich.… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
We did a show called The Orphan Train, during the depression, when families didn't have enough money to support their children, they'd… — Robert Stack Copy Share Image
And all that weirdness isn't just going on outside. It's in you too, right now, growing in the dark like magic mushrooms.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“They say grief occurs in five stages. First there's denial followed by anger. Then comes bargaining, depression and acceptance. But grief is… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
Depression, when it's clinical, is not a metaphor. It runs in families, and it's known to respond to medication and to counseling.… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
In the great depression, things could only be set right by causing the idle plant to work again . . . Roosevelt… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I never realized how literally we battle demons. Often alone. It is a relentless skirmish with vicious wraith-monsters devouring us from within.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“To: KitFrom: MomSubject: The Five Stages of Everything Sucks It’s the middle of the night. Just stumbled across this attached article re the five stages… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
“What are the things that make adults depressed? The master list is too comprehensive to quantify (plane crashes, unemployment, killer bees, impotence,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
No sin is necessarily connected with sorrow of heart, for Jesus Christ our Lord once said, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Physical conditions play their part in all this. It is very difficult to draw the line between this and the previous cause… — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
I laugh, I smile, I talk a while. You laugh, you smile, you stay a while. I'm hurt, I hide, I wear… — Erica E Copy Share Image
I was into deep depression for a month. When I realized that it is taking a toll on my mental and physical… — Anupama Parameswaran Copy Share Image
I've had a very productive life. I've worked very hard, I've never fallen prey to depression. I'm not sure I could have… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“A scream starts in my gut—I can feel the cut, smell the dirt, leaves in my hair. I don’t remember passing out.… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
My friends say I'm the happiest person in the world , that my eyes shine so bright and I have the biggest… — Kiara Copy Share Image
This will be the last cut. After this, there will be no more. There will be a lot of things I will… — Leslie Copy Share Image
“I wondered if I was like a drug addict going through withdrawal. I had all the symptoms, my physical dependence on Lila… — K.I. Lynn Copy Share Image
“Misery is a no U-turns, no stopping road. Travel down it pushed by those behind, tripped by those in front. Travel down… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the… — Patrick J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“He picked her up and tossed her on the bed. They had a hell of a time. But afterward, after she had… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“And never underestimate the importance of even just a little bit of progress. One of the worst things, among an almost infinite… — Rachel Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I care about you as people, and I believe you are capable of great things. Each of you will contribute something to… — Cindy L. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“Also worthy of mention is a clique among the suicidal for whom the meaning of their act is a darker thing. Frustrated… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
Today, I've been through a lot... you know the saying, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade?... Fuck that. When life gives… — Savannah Smith Copy Share Image
“It is safe to assume that, no matter how it appears, the attempt probably did not come out of the blue. Look… — Andrew Slaby Copy Share Image
“I'm nobody. I'm just a tiny little character in the big book of your life. And you're right. People do die. All… — Tommy Wallach Copy Share Image
I don't worry. I'm more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. I'm not… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
“When she enters the room she immediately shuts the window and draws the shade with a quick, hard pull. Then she throws… — Stig Dagerman Copy Share Image
In the summer of 1956, my mother was pregnant with me, which caused my father to confess his fear that I was… — David Shields Copy Share Image
“For generations, parents have shaped 'fine' but deeply restless human beings. We may know 'how to act' but we're losing sight of… — Rebecca Eanes Copy Share Image
