“She remembered how it had felt and tasted, that slowly descending depression, like a thick glass jar that closed around you, sucking… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
She puts on a smile, and her tears have dried, but the silence breaks the heart inside, she gets all pretty and… — Levita Charin Copy Share Image
Most psychiatrists assume that mental illnesses such as depression are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, which can be treated by… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
I started drinking in my late teen years and continued through college and into the early years of my career. I had… — Marissa Nadler Copy Share Image
“Feeling awful is physiological you say. God I hate you, I say. Yes you can find the neurons for feeling awful. Do… — Alice Notley Copy Share Image
Sufferers of depression have 'episodes' the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you,… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
“The prisoner, having reached the depth of his depression, gradually reawakens to the life around him. He licks himself and his wounded… — P. H. Newman Copy Share Image
“The fatigue I've gathered year after year and stored inside now heaves a muted cry of helplessness. Nothing but fatigue, rounding my… — Emil Dorian Copy Share Image
“We have to make these young people (of the Depression) feel that they are necessary. (They should be given) "certain things for… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Some comfort it would have been, could I, like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of the Devil; for a… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“ Loneliness A recent study showed that 13.5 percent of college students are severely lonely. Overall, they felt that they were to… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Silver is forty-four years old, if you can believe it, out of shape, and depressed—although he doesn’t know if you call it… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in… — Steve Buyer Copy Share Image
“Whether the underlying cause of your dependency is a chemical imbalance, unresolved events from the past, beliefs you hold that are inconsistent… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“Depression may seem completely useless. Even apart from the risk of suicide, sitting all day morosely staring at the wall can't get… — Randolph M. Nesse Copy Share Image
My parents had become adults during the Great Depression, as had many of my aunts and uncles, so I got stories from… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
“Depression is a red herring," said Nariman. "I think a lot about the past, it's true. But at my age, the past… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“It's one of these juvenile therapy scams,” he went on, sprinkling a pinch of the Golden Virginia tobacco along the rolling paper.… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Now, Nikolas was a happy boy. Well, actually, no. He would have told you he was happy, if you asked him, and… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“In a daydream I used to have, all these places were points of happiness to me; all these places were lifeboats to… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“The water under the bridge looked strangely enticing. For a mortuary, it was oddly breathtaking. I felt in tune with all the… — Ellie Fox Copy Share Image
The sky was black with vultures, named Depression. They would land on the shoulders of a prisoner and vomit on him... Even… — Rick Joyner Copy Share Image
“Of course, to speak of the dark night of the soul is anathema to many in the psychiatric field. I was told… — Kathryn Greene-McCreight Copy Share Image
Darkness, whether in mood or in night, is natural. So if we flow with the black bile of melancholia and endure the… — Arnold Mindell Copy Share Image
Is there any indication we shouldn't be depressed - are you living on the same planet that I am? Do you ever… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
When you look at a person, any person, everyone has a story. Everyone has gone through something that has changed their life.… — Deepika Padukone Copy Share Image
I've said before, I've always had difficulty with anxiety and depression. I've been on medication for it since I was about 18… — Scott Snyder Copy Share Image
“In my community, mental health isn't taken seriously enough. Therapy is replaced by prayer. Tears are a sign of weakness. When you… — Frida R Copy Share Image
“I felt less unhappy than usual because her melancholy expression, the way the vivid colour of her dress almost cut her off… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I dont fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Not everyone is bad in life. But everyone can be affected by bad things. We all need help at certain points in… — Isabella Poretsis Copy Share Image
I wrote that President Bush is passing on to President-elect Obama two wars and an economic debacle. I call it a depression.… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
“The suffering or the bad memories are as important as the good memories, and the good experiences. If you sort of, can… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
“But then one time, you track down an email address and you're near a computer with Internet access so you don't have… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
“But trying to use willpower to overcome the apathetic sort of sadness that accompanies depression is like a person with no arms… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Had [Winston Churchill] been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
“At the base of whatever form of mood swing are individual experiences, the gradual or complete focus on issues that we have… — Precious Avwunuma Emodamori Copy Share Image
“It happens so seldom; I must catch and keep this slender yearning, a rare beetle in a jam-jar trap. But mustering will… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
Anybody who's dealt with addiction and depression knows that sometimes they can make you forget who you are and kind of bring… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
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