“And this of course, was the simplest definition of depression that he knew of: strongly disliking yourself.” — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
When you're an addict, you can go without feeling anything except drunk or stoned or hungry. Still, when you compare this to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
It's getting colder now and the darkness consumes me. Depression is slowly creeping up. Maybe one day you'll actually care about me. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Central to any understanding of stress, health and disease is the concept of adaptiveness. Adaptiveness is the capacity to respond to external… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“It was the face of a human being who’d been constructed exclusively of wounds. Not time or history or ambition, nothing but… — Ryu Murakami Copy Share Image
“It dawned on me that we have to breathe and to find reasons to stay alive on our own terms.” — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“Do you know that feeling - The feeling of being alive and dead, both at the same time? When it seems like… — Bhavya Kaushik Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is the only possible happiness this world has to offer” — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
“An event of great agony is bearable only in the belief that it will bring about a better world. When it does… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
I have treatment-resistant depression and I need to take medication to rebalance my brain chemistry - just like someone with asthma needs… — Frankie Bridge Copy Share Image
I am sorry that we don't talk that much anymore. I just need a break from all the emotion. I can't take… — Me Copy Share Image
“Look at the body language and posture of someone who is experiencing a depression: They seem to carry a weight on their… — Panache Desai Copy Share Image
“Hey,.... bitch.... Sucker or whatever you are.... STOPP STARRRRINGGGG AT ME! It's so depressing!” — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
The best advice is to get on with it. I'm very prone to falling into depressions - not clinical, just 'can't be… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Because . . . most of us think that the point is something to do with work, or kids, or family, or… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
You are no less or more of a man or a woman or a human for having depression than you would be… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
. The capacity to recognize your emotions and express them appropriately helps you avoid getting stuck in depression, anxiety, or other negative… — Nishus Copy Share Image
I was horribly depressed, and I felt like I had failed as a band leader, a professional, as a person. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Perhaps people felt there was nothing more they could do, you know? After all, how can someone be helped who doesn’t see… — Chynna T. Laird Copy Share Image
I began studying human emotions more than twenty years ago. At that time, almost every scientist working in this area was studying… — Barbara Fredrickson Copy Share Image
I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism... I have every confidence that there will be… — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image
“I was moving in a narrow range between busy distractedness and a pervasive sadness whose granules seemed to enter each cell, weighing… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Always remember, child... that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they want to give their lives to something. Advertising has these… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter what my eyes have seen, For the better out of the blue comes green.” — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“Does he know about me? George wonders; do any of them? Oh yes, probably. It wouldn't interest them. They don't want to… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“No one realized that, being left out in the cold, I was also very much in the dark.” — Deborah Curtis Copy Share Image
So people have been hurting and I understand that. And it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them,… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
“She wondered how many towns like this existed all over the country?Bucolic scenery on the outside, with its own private soap operas,… — Jaime Allison Parker Copy Share Image
“That last time you kissed me my heart slid past your teeth down into the center of your chest… trapping us both… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“Lincoln's story confounds those who see depression as a collection of symptoms to be eliminated. But it resonates with those who see… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
... I feel tired to death, paralyzed by this mysteriously wasted life's stubborn concentration on hopelessness and dissolution. It occurs to me… — Christer Kihlman Copy Share Image
“This is central to understanding the nature of motivation, as well as its failures (e.g., during depression, where there is inhibition of… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
A new study found that people who are depressed have a greater risk of stroke. Well that should cheer them up. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
