“Though I learned little in my compromised state, I learned enough to make a decision: I was going to understand how mood could overwhelm. I was going to understand depression or die trying.” — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“The tendency for depression to repeat reflects the normal default settings of a plastic mood system that is open to experience. The unfortunate consequence… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“I have discussed how the goal of feeling happy is unusual; its not like other goals such as learning to bake a pizza, for… — Jonathan Rottenberg 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 course and… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“Depressed people become unable to remember happy times, or times when they even had a normal mood. The very concept of a normal mood… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“When I noticed other people, I wondered what it was like to be alive. They did not know, could not know, how I felt… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“As she lay awake, she reminded herself that she was beating the depression; she was winning her life back. She had survived, and now… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“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.” — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“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… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“Just as a stressful life can make you depressed, continuing exposure to stressors maintains depression.” — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“One reason we're not winning the fight against depression is that our available treatments leave so many in partial recovery limbo.” — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“Though I learned little in my compromised state, I learned enough to make a decision: I was going to understand how mood could overwhelm.… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“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… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
“Rather than assuming weakness or defectiveness, we should acknowledge that getting through depression requires considerable strength. Rather than assuming permanent debility, we should recognize… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
