Depressive Quotes

55 quotes by 48 authors

One of the most common outcomes of a depressive illness is a mistreated body. Now is the time to treat your body well. The more… — Harold H. Bloomfield
I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he's happy, the other half he's right. — Robert Breault
The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast you first must make it beautiful. In some strange way, I have tried to do… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive. — Karl Pilkington
My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself… — Kitty Kelley
I spoke so much about being a manic-depressive. I want to bring everyone back to my earliest memories of this companion of mine. Some people… — Richard Dreyfuss
The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was… — Ariel Gore
Far too many doctors-many of them excellent physicians-commit suicide each year; one recent study concluded that, until quite recently, the United States lost annually the… — Kay Redfield Jamison
The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated… — Stephen Fry
I had a husband who, I'm convinced, was an undiagnosed manic depressive. He didn't treat me as if I had a brain - I was… — Britt Ekland
By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person. — Eric Schlosser
I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through… — Scott Weiland
At heart, I have always been a coper, I've mostly been able to walk around with my wounds safely hidden, and I've always stored up… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't… — Annie Dillard
One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no talents or gifts.… — Marvin J. Ashton
I contemplate the idea that maybe I'm an alcoholic. I get this occassionally, the need to define myself as something-or-the-other, and at various times in… — David Nicholls
I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir. — Lois McMaster Bujold
Depression, when it's clinical, is not a metaphor. It runs in families, and it's known to respond to medication and to counseling. However truly you… — Jonathan Franzen
I have no problem with people feeling a bit down - crikey, you only have to walk down the road to find enough reasons to… — Mark Barrowcliffe

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