The solution probably doesn't look like the problem. If we have this propensity to worry, to be anxious, to be depressed, to… — Moby Copy Share Image
I, perhaps, at that stage, had the kind of ambition that others may have had; you know, namely based on the concept… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
“I do not think we were afraid of death; life had become such an infinitely boring alternation between a period of stimulation… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“depression was a successful adaptation to ceaseless pain and hardship [...] feeling bad all the time and expecting the worst had been… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." [ Modernism's… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
“People often say “Just look for the silver lining.” But what do you say to the person surrounded by fog? They don’t… — Sadie Turner Copy Share Image
“Every lineament of the girl's wasted body is a testament to her inner turmoil. Willow can only imagine what kind of pain… — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
“It was wrong to be so joyless, so desponding; I should have made God my friend, and to do His will the… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
I think of depression as the mechanism that pushes down the pain of that loss. It tries to distance us from the… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“All these years, her sole objective had been to keep still and hope no one would ever know. She had been a… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
“Misery is a scar on the soul, that if it begins in childhood, it lasts the whole lifetime. I understand that no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“None of these things define you as a person: Your education The size of your bank account Your job title Your failures… — Srinivas Rao Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, falling back on or using an old method or habit, is like sliding into a pair of worn running shoes and… — Alyse M. Gardner Copy Share Image
“I slipped into a state beyond my usual grief and restlessness and anxiety and despair – one of not feeling anything at… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
As a lone ship in the Ocean, So do I feel at times, reaching for that light in the sky, as to… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
“What was wrong with you?" "Melancholy. Nothing more or less than that. I have suffered it often. Not because I do not… — Rhiannon Thomas Copy Share Image
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It was as if my father had given me, by way of temperament, an impossibly wild, dark, and unbroken horse. It was… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“At any rate, during the few hours when the depressive state itself eased off long enough to permit the luxury of concentration,… — William Styron Copy Share Image
I struggle with depression and anxiety, and I have since I was a teenager. I spent a good chunk of time being… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Depression is like a slow poison which kills you from inside. It is a disease that has no cure, but it heals… — Farah Mustafa Copy Share Image
People respond differently to people who are grieving. They reach out. But depression is so very isolating. It's hard to explain to… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“It's an illness," she said, although she made the words sound like "it's uh nillness." Nillness, thought Strike, for a second distracted.… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“In lieu of letting go of our trauma and rather than healing completely, in my experience, we learn how to carry it… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“In his TED Talk, entitled The Decline of Play and the Rise of Mental Disorders, he will open your eyes in several… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
Often, when you're growing up, you don't know what's wrong. We don't talk openly enough about mental illness. How do you know… — Katherine Langford Copy Share Image
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Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals… — David Karp Copy Share Image
“Anyone who suffers from anxiety or depression should remember that an unhappy gut can be the cause of an unhappy mind. Sometimes,… — Giulia Enders Copy Share Image
You are innately designed to use your personal power. When you don't, you experience a sense of helplessness, paralysis, and depression-which is… — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
“Disappointment and Depression are terrorists that kidnap people's original peace for no good reason. The Holy Spirit of God is a dependable… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
“When you attempt suicide, the counselors try to talk you out of trying it again by asking you about other people, which… — Albert Borris Copy Share Image
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“That is what madness is, isn't it? All the wheels fly off the bus and things don't make sense any more. Or… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
![“depression was a successful adaptation to ceaseless pain and hardship [...] feeling bad all the time and expecting the worst had been natural ways of equilibrating themselves with the lousiness of their circumstances. Few things gratified depressives, after all, more than really bad news [...]…” quote by Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a94/jonathan-franzen-801_bad-news_depression-was-a-successful-adaptation-t_1821565.jpg)
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