“Today, our view of genuine reality is increasingly clouded by professionals whose technical expertise often introduces a superficial and soulless model of… — Arthur Kleinman Copy Share Image
He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope. — Dennis Lehane 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
When I was hospitalized in 1992 with severe clinical depression I thought I was the only one. I didn't know of one… — Sheila Walsh Copy Share Image
My mother told me she thought I had clinical depression when I was 19 years old. And I thought, you're crazy because,… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have battled clinical depression and have come out of the other side. I've been free of it for many years now.… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Others imply that they know what it is like to be depressed because they have gone through a divorce, lost a job,… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
This might be controversial, but sometimes I think that being happy is a decision. I don't mean that in a way to… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
“Depression ... involves a complete absence: absence of affect, absence of feeling, absence of response, absence of interest. The pain you feel in… — Edward T. Welch Copy Share Image
“Learned helplessness is a common cause of clinical depression in people who perceive they have no control over the outcomes of their… — Janae B. Weinhold Copy Share Image
“That dead-eyed anhedonia is but a remora on the ventral flank of the true predator, the Great White Shark of pain. Authorities… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“It is a level of psychic pain wholly incompatible with human life as we know it. It is a sense of radical… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“That’s the thing I want to make clear about depression: It’s got nothing at all to do with life. In the course… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
I was bullied. I battled eating disorders. I lived through a harsh divorce. I'm still surviving severe clinical depression. And that's not… — Leila Copy Share Image
In those pamphlets that they give at mental health centers where they list the ten or so symptoms that would indicate a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I know the difference between sadness and depression. Clinical depression has no source from which it springs-it just is. Intractable sadness has… — Ka Hancock Copy Share Image
“The trouble is that when we get around to solutions, it always seems to come down to Prozac. Or Zoloft. Or Paxil.… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think comedians are more depressive than any other walk of life. I have had clinical depression, as it happens.… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
“Most people can suppress counterfactual thoughts before they spin too far down a spiral, those who suffer from clinical depression may not… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
The biggest thing I've had to overcome was clinical depression. Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have once you can… — Jennifer Holliday Copy Share Image
