Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood tests to send people scurrying in concern. Just the slow erosion of the self, as insidious as any cancer. And, like cancer, it is essentially a… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
I'm getting less good at faking it. People in my family are noticing and asking what's wrong. My friends give me invitations to talk,… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
I would never kill myself intentionally. I couldn't do that to my family, my friends ... But to have fate step in and give… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left. — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“She reports the breakup of the relationship as if she is presenting a case in court - all facts, no feeling. I lean forward… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“In the psychological literature, depression is often seen as a defense against sadness. But I'll take sadness any day. There is no contest. Sadness… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“Suffer from depression." That's right. It is suffering. A person does not just have depression. She suffers from it.” — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“He throws a quick arm around me and quotes a line we've always loved from The New Hampshire Hotel, "Keep passing the open windows.” — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“There is no getting away from a wave that has got your name on it. The tide will come in whether you want it… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
I always feel bad laughing at people who act crazy. But sometimes the things they do are so damned funny. I wonder what I'd… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“All the romantic nonsense about depression somehow making one into a creature of unique sensibilities is easy to agree with when I feel good.… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“I look at other people and think, "He lives without meds. She does. What is wrong with me? Am I so biochemically screwed up,… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“I didn’t want to die because I hated myself; I wanted to die because I loved myself enough to want this pain to end.” — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“For so long now I have waited to get back to baseline and I have to go to exactly the same point from which… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“My depression points to my not knowing how to lose - I have perhaps been unable to find a valid compensation for the loss.… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
