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
“Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is greatly in need of stimuli to distract him, he lives alone and gets bored, or, to speak with… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“Happiness in a tablet. This is our world. Prozac. Paxil. Xanax. Billions are spent to advertise such drugs. And billions more are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of never figuring you out. I'm afraid that if I end things the way they are now that I will… — BD Copy Share Image
When I was younger crying always seemed to be the answer. Now that I'm older crying seems to be the only option. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's like I have this large black hole in my brain and it's sucking the life out of me. The answers are… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had… — Frances Perkins Copy Share Image
“Unlike a book or a film depression doesn’t have to be about something.” — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“It’s an immense night out there, wheeling and windy. The lights on the street and in the houses against the black wetness,… — Sinclair Ross Copy Share Image
“Ivanov: With a heavy head, with a slothful spirit, exhausted, overstretched, broken, without faith, without love, without a goal, I roam like… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Big things, a real crisis, I think I'm pretty good, but this little thing will just wallop me. I think I'm managing… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
“I feel like, I was going somehow with my life, holding myself together and then these blasts happened, and then suddenly I… — Bhavya Kaushik Copy Share Image
“I've come to realize that hunger feels more like home than any tangible structure ever has, or probably ever will. I know… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if… — Anthony Storr 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
“Feeling bad is not the problem. The problem is that we feel bad about feeling bad. Once you begin to let go… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it’s often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life-paralysis.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I have always been told that a person has to accept that the illness is chronic," she says, at the end of… — Robert Whitaker Copy Share Image
“We don't speak of it, or react to it. Paralyzed in a reality of uncertainty and madness,this is where we are.” — Danielle Rohr Copy Share Image
“tension coiled tightly in his neck, nothing else about today had been particularly agreeable. It was just one of those days that… — Suzie O'Connell Copy Share Image