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> [“One reason we're not winning the fight against depression is that our available treatments leave so many in partial recovery limbo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/one-reason-we-re-not-winning-the-fight-against-depression-is-that-our/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

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## More by Jonathan Rottenberg

> [“The tendency for depression to repeat reflects the normal default settings of a plastic mood system that is open to experience. The unfortunate consequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/the-tendency-for-depression-to-repeat-reflects-the-normal-default/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“I have discussed how the goal of feeling happy is unusual; its not like other goals such as learning to bake a pizza, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/i-have-discussed-how-the-goal-of-feeling-happy-is-unusual-its-not/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“Theories without data are like daydreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/theories-without-data-are-like-daydreams/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“I am willing to be vulnerable and embrace the natural flow of life rather than trying to direct it to my own course and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/i-am-willing-to-be-vulnerable-and-embrace-the-natural-flow-of-life/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“Depressed people become unable to remember happy times, or times when they even had a normal mood. The very concept of a normal mood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/depressed-people-become-unable-to-remember-happy-times-or-times-when/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“When I noticed other people, I wondered what it was like to be alive. They did not know, could not know, how I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/when-i-noticed-other-people-i-wondered-what-it-was-like-to-be-alive/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“As she lay awake, she reminded herself that she was beating the depression; she was winning her life back. She had survived, and now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/as-she-lay-awake-she-reminded-herself-that-she-was-beating-the/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“You know what you have to do, you just can't do it", Sara says wearily. "It's like you have bricks on your feet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/you-know-what-you-have-to-do-you-just-can-t-do-it-sara-says-wearily/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“My training makes me uneasy with a happy mystery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/my-training-makes-me-uneasy-with-a-happy-mystery/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“The genre of self-help for depression is littered with well-intentioned books that overpraise solutions and raise false hopes. It would be nice to defeat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/the-genre-of-self-help-for-depression-is-littered-with-well/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“Just as a stressful life can make you depressed, continuing exposure to stressors maintains depression.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/just-as-a-stressful-life-can-make-you-depressed-continuing-exposure/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“One reason we're not winning the fight against depression is that our available treatments leave so many in partial recovery limbo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/one-reason-we-re-not-winning-the-fight-against-depression-is-that-our/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“Though I learned little in my compromised state, I learned enough to make a decision: I was going to understand how mood could overwhelm.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/though-i-learned-little-in-my-compromised-state-i-learned-enough-to/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“Depressed people don't end up lying in bed because they are undercommitted to goals. They end up lying in bed because they are overcommitted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/depressed-people-don-t-end-up-lying-in-bed-because-they-are/)

[Jonathan Rottenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rottenberg/)

> [“Rather than assuming weakness or defectiveness, we should acknowledge that getting through depression requires considerable strength. Rather than assuming permanent debility, we should recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rottenberg/rather-than-assuming-weakness-or-defectiveness-we-should-acknowledge/)

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