I wish I could walk through a picture window and the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“Depression ... involves a complete absence: absence of affect, absence of feeling, absence of response, absence of interest. The pain you feel in… — Edward T. Welch Copy Share Image
“A radio was playing quietly. Nobody was listening. It was there to drown out the silence.” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“Most of the unhappiness and the sometimes-severe depression I've dealt with throughout my life have come not from the losses and injuries… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
Anxiety and depression are the price you pay for a well-lived life. — George Vaillant Copy Share Image
The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
“There were times when I would sob until I shook, until my eyelids were so swollen that it pained me to open… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“One thing is undeniably clear. We have all had bad experiences, we have all had tragedies in our lives which help to… — J. Loren Norris Copy Share Image
“I forced my eyes open and saw the image that’s haunted me every day for the past years of my life. And… — Liz Thebart Copy Share Image
After Bush was elected in 2004 - please note that I didn't say 're-elected' - and I was walking around in my… — Ben Fountain 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
There are many misconceptions about depression-mostly negative. Unfortunately, because depressed people think negatively about depression and its treatment, they don't get help,… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
“In Mexico, I first encountered the attitude that was missing from the optimistic sense of living in the United States: a tragic… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
“You never suffer nearly as much as you imagine you suffer. You never suffer the illnesses you most dread nor the miseries… — Osho Copy Share Image
In my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain,… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
I know, I know. Blah blah blah. Nobody give a fuck about your broken heart. But you know something? Most days I'm… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After Radio 1, I started a magazine column and began opening up about my depression for the first time. — Fearne Cotton Copy Share Image
“ONE OF THE REASONS that depression is so problematic—and deadly, leading to many of the forty thousand suicides in the United States… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next. It made me tired just… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“I know that your soul is on life support and that you feel lost and like you’re completely spinning out of control,… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“But know this: a child sits, weeps, and dissolves into self-pity and depression. A High Priestess takes action.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Throughout the journey West, I had a raging fever. In a mere two days, we drove 1,925 miles from Connecticut to Colorado… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
