“[T]he self “is not an unmitigated blessing,”6 writes Duke University psychologist Mark Leary in his aptly titled book, The Curse of the… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
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Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking in this moment. You're living in a… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“According to my interpretation of Buddhism, our dissatisfaction with life derives from a repression even more immediate than death-terror: the suspicion ‘… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“Alcohol has its own well-know defects as a medication for depression but no one has ever suggested - ask any doctor -… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“and it was the pretending that might explain how she could smile so brightly while her mind felt nothing - as if,… — Sue Saliba Copy Share Image
I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
“What came first, the music or the misery? Did I listen to music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Franklin D. Roosevelt was fortunate: He didn't take office until nearly four years after the Wall Street crash, by which time the… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
“Does he know about me? George wonders; do any of them? Oh yes, probably. It wouldn't interest them. They don't want to… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
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Whats wrong? he asked. Nothing she replied. But little did he know, if he dug deeper he would see, see she is… — Delaney Ridnour Copy Share Image
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“Maman’s death: perhaps it is the one thing in my life that I have not responded to neurotically. My grief has not… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“Master Nathaniel looked at him. The fixed stare, the slightly-open mouth, the rigid motionless body, fettered by a misery too profound for… — Hope Mirrlees Copy Share Image
People who relax by watching TV instead of going out to engage with the world tend to be far less energetic. the… — Liz Miller Copy Share Image
“Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The five stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - are a part of the framework that makes up our learning… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
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I think there's loads of undiagnosed depression where I came from. Post-traumatic stress disorder as well. Some of the things you see… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
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Pounding fragrant things - particularly garlic, basil, parsley - is a tremendous antidote to depression. But it applies also to juniper berries,… — Patience Gray Copy Share Image
The worst part of depression is not the emptiness, but when you see the people you love unhappy because of who you… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
“No, it really isn't, but trust me, getting divorced and having to start over is the least in life that isn't fair.… — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
“Dear Heavenly Father, We pray for those who are living silence, locked in the room of depression to where they are taking… — Author Anita R. Sneed-Carter Copy Share Image
True depression is a terribly real thing. Some of the noblest men and women in the world have been prone to it… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“There are friends, but they are people to spend time with, not people to share time with. There's a false beast that… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
No more Internet. No more social media, no more scrolling through litanies of dreams and nervous hopes and photographs of lunches, cries… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share Image
“I wonder Pa went so easy. I wonder Grampa didn' kill nobody. Nobody never tol' Grampa where to put his feet. An'… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and… — Tobe Hanson Copy Share Image
In college I had a coach who did that for me. I was struggling so much mentally with depression, anxiety, eating disorders...… — Bianca Belair Copy Share Image
“I took on my depression like it was the fight of my life, wich of course, it was. I became a student… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“A large body of psychological research tells us something that many of us already know: girls and women place a lot of… — Valerie E. Whiffen Copy Share Image
You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care, nor your nights without a want and a grief,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Typically, when you have a depressed individual, they feel hopeless. They feel miserable. Their mind is racing, their heart is pounding. They… — Dale Archer Copy Share Image
“Others imply that they know what it is like to be depressed because they have gone through a divorce, lost a job… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental… — Polly Toynbee Copy Share Image
“Psychologically unhealthy people are sad, depressed, incapable of defining their wants and needs, incapable to choosing an occupation they like, incapable of… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“The most problematic depression episodes plunge me into a feeling of disconnection. I am no longer a part of the world. All… — Cat Treadwell Copy Share Image
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