“A depressed person is selfish because her self, the very core of who she is, will not leave her alone, and she… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
You can try to have all the friends in the world to cover up your bitterness inside but if your not happy… — Lisette Alfaro Copy Share Image
“It appears that the picture of DID as the ongoing clash of polarized personality types (e.g., good girl-bad girl, upright citizen-sociopath) is… — Richard P. Kluft Copy Share Image
One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“how ridiculous it was. There is no point in treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, There… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
“Earlier in the day, while killing some hours by circling in blue ballpoint ink every uppercase M in the front section of… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“A person with no arms trying to punch themselves until their arms grow back" may be the best description I've ever read… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“I remembered my pep talk to Esperanza a few months before, and understood just how ridiculous it was. There is no point… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I think I've gotten a pretty fair shake in the music press over the years. The only think that kind of irks… — Thalia Zedek 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
A smile simply does not mean the person is happy. They can be the most upset, angry, and depressed person you have… — Anonymous 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
I have been a depressed person most of m life. I was always in the throes of self-hatred. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“When dealing with a depression the problem is not to bring the depressed person back to his/her normality, to reintegrate behavior in… — Franco Bifo Berardi Copy Share Image
A depressed person is often a person who will push others away. If you are pushed away and pushed away and pushed… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“My depression points to my not knowing how to lose - I have perhaps been unable to find a valid compensation for… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
“The depressed person’s therapist was always extremely careful to avoid appearing to judge or blame the depressed person for clinging to her… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
When a depressed person tell u they feel depressed don't ask them why . Just open out your arms, hug them and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Prior to being medicated, a depressed person has no known chemical imbalance.” — Robert Whitaker Copy Share Image
“Definitely not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Every writer, without exception, is a masochist, a sadist, a peeping Tom, an exhibitionist, a narcissist, an 'injustice collector' and a depressed… — Edmund Bergler Copy Share Image
