“The butterflies swirl again in Sera’s stomach. Perhaps they have brought along fireflies too, to light up her soul.” — Christy A. Campbell Copy Share Image
“I sit up in bed slowly, feeling the disappointment trickle away like puddles after a rain shower.” — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“King David knew that the way out of depression was to exchange the spirit of heaviness for a garment of praise, because… — Terry Law Copy Share Image
The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
When I'm not depressed, I draw strength and beauty from depression; when I am depressed, I find no such things. — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Many ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life. — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Recession leads to depression, from our obsession, of what was once our possession — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most emotional and physical symptoms of stress and depression are not typically caused by the circumstances themselves, but instead by how our… — Tracie Miles Copy Share Image
“It’s a little-known secret, and it should probably stay that way: attempting suicide usually jump-starts your brain chemistry. There must be something… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Depression is not sobbing is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling. Reduction, see?… — Ordinary People Copy Share Image
I've thought about suicide and tried but then I thought that I wasn't hurting myself as much. I was going to hurt… — Jazzy Copy Share Image
“if adversity and hopeless grief have quite taken away the taste for life; if an unfortunate man, strong of soul and more… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“I am willing to be vulnerable and embrace the natural flow of life rather than trying to direct it to my own… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
If depression has been viewed as a taboo subject in the church, then suicide and suicidal thoughts are the darkest secret of… — Sheila Walsh Copy Share Image
Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus. It's a… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Quotes and notes to self – Find your inner peace! Don’t be caught up in your outer world. Pay greater attention to… — Allan Rufus Copy Share Image
Colors are important. People are in clinical depression whether they are on medication or not. Neutrals are another form of medication. — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negro had but few pegs to fall. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“Except you cannot outrun insanity, anymore than you can outrun your own shadow.” — Alyssa Reyans Copy Share Image
“If the one who gave me life wants the real me to die... then all I can do is die.” — Setona Mizushiro Copy Share Image
“The effective and sufficient remedy for stress and depression is pure love-therapy, not only traditional and natural medication.” — Ehsan Sehgal Copy Share Image
You are no more at fault for having depression than if you had asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or any other illness. — Harold H. Bloomfield Copy Share Image
Therapy is not to 'talk about' things, but to change the person's life, and to relieve suffering, such as depression, anxiety, or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Depression is boring, I think and I would do better to make some soup and light up the cave. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I lie and say I'm busy or 'my parents wont let me' but really I just want to be alone . — Maddy Marie Copy Share Image
“peace was never at the forefront of my mind. a war waged inside of me, but i began to take joy in… — Mecca-Amirah Jackson Copy Share Image
“Depression years come back to me now as the happy times, even though we were all struggling. We were happy and didn't… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
Please, people, do not f- with depression. It's merciless. All it wants is to get you in a room alone and kill… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
This is what I am. I have periods of enormous self-destructive depression, where I go completely off my trolley and lose all… — Siobhan Fahey Copy Share Image
“Everything hurts right now and nothing is helping because as the pain is getting worse — so is the love.” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“I finally understood what could drive kids to show up with guns and shoot up their schools.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“During depression, negative thoughts find a way to stay in your mind by convincing your brain that they are more important than… — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
“We can’t deny our journey. We can’t pretend we’re fine when we’re not. All we can do is own it—own our suffering.” — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“He could pour himself into my little paper cup heart and my emptiness would finally have a meaning.” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
Today's generation has tremendous pressure to perform well at work. And if one can't match up to expectations then it can lead… — Priyanshu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Not all scars shows. Not all wounds heal. Sometimes you can't see, the pain someone feels. So easy to conceal yet in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image