“MEDICATION IS AN incredibly attractive concept. Not just for the person with depression, or the person running a pharmaceutical firm, but for… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“The foundation of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man. Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“But if I didn't know Kate, then maybe I didn't know myself-and if was that not-knowing that made my gut clench. Like… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
“His cigarettes helped mark the passage of time, especially on days that seemed all sun and sky...The dependable dwindling of his cigarette… — Claire Vaye Watkins Copy Share Image
“I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self… that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
I'm by no means an expert at giving advice on depression, but I would say that a lot of my show is… — Lilly Singh Copy Share Image
“When I’m depressed, I read Caeiro — he’s my fresh air. I become very calm, content, faithful — yes, I find faith… — Álvaro de Campos Copy Share Image
“Lately, though, he'd just been tired in general. Tired of people. Tired of books and TV and the nightly news and songs… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I guess I realize that I don't want to die. I don't want to live either, but-there really isn't anything in-between. Depression… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“In the United States, people with depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia are losing twelve to twenty years in life expectancy compared to people… — Robert Whitaker Copy Share Image
Living with depression is like trying to keep your balance while you dance with a goat -- it is perfectly sane to… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
One day, I want to be able to stand with my head up proud. I want to be able to hear people… — Tiana Webb Copy Share Image
“...the only way out consists of using a social mask. This is why those under depression will smile more as well as… — Mark Brightlife Copy Share Image
“Hemingway has his classic moment in "The Sun Also Rises" when someone asks Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt. All he can… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
Life Every day you wake up Every day you wonder what the new day will bring Every day you feel disappointed when… — Libby Hinrichs Copy Share Image
First, ask yourself: Is the feeling mine or someone elses? It could be both. If the emotion such as fear or anger… — Nate Copy Share Image
I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Have you ever had one of those days where you just wake up broken? There isn't any particular reason for you to… — Ana Chable Copy Share Image
I've always had a resting expression that either makes me look deep in thought or as though I'm about to fight you.… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
If government wishes to see a depression ended as quickly as possible and the economy returned to normal prosperity, what course should… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“So I was a stone in the sea. Gravity gave up on keeping me above the surface. I did not try to… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
A shot to kill the pain. A pill to drain the shame. A purge to end the gain. A cut to break… — Patience Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder what its like to know that there is some one out there who cares for you, who will be… — Travis Martin Copy Share Image
I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out,… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“Some are born rich While others poor; Some are born free While others captives; Some are born blessed While others deprived; Some… — Emmanuel Aghado Copy Share Image
Depression has been called the world's number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common… — David D. Burns 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
The moment a man questions the meaning and value of life, he is sick, since objectively neither has any existence; by asking… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Look at that ugly dead mask here and do not forget it. It is a chalk mask with dead dry poison behind… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“I name you today, heart fears. I am small, but you are smaller. You will not stop me. You have a voice,… — Anna White Copy Share Image
I went from being very popular and the head of the clique in the sixth grade to having, like, kid depression in… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
Instead of killing yourself wait until a year from now where you say, Holy fuck, I can't believe I was going to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are people in this world, whose lives are nothing but a burden to them. A black veil stands between them and… — Susanna Clarke 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
“Power as a beneficial tool for aspiring achievers is primarily made up into four folds; 1. Power to control emotions, 2. Power… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
That is the real problem of depression - a condition which will affect an estimated one in five of the population at… — Giles Andreae Copy Share Image
Perhaps, the answer is that my ravaged mind rails against the idea of God, but something deeper in me calls out as… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“it has to be emphasized that if the pain were readily describable most of the countless sufferers from this ancient affliction would… — William Styron Copy Share Image
