Abandoned Quote by Giles Andreae

Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the world, you…

— Giles Andreae

“ONE OF THE REASONS that depression is so problematic—and deadly, leading to many of the forty thousand suicides in the United States each year—is…

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness,…

— Susan Polis Schutz

I've had a lot of struggles with depression. It's very easy for me to go to a bleak place, or for me to doubt…

— Melanie Lynskey

“The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish…

— William Styron

There's great sadness and life doesn't work out like you would want, on a lot of levels, but there's no need to feel all…

— Mike Mills

Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts.

— Penelope Sweet

Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in the way it becomes known to the self -- to the mediating…

— William Styron

“If you are reading this book and you feel that way too then you are not alone. I understand how you feel. I think…

— Sally Brampton

“In the psychological literature, depression is often seen as a defense against sadness. But I'll take sadness any day. There is no contest. Sadness…

— Martha Manning

Depression isn't the almighty ruler of your destiny. Even its familiar traits - grief, anger, despair - you find that you can use in…

— Margo Jefferson

The end of suffering happens in this very moment, whether you're watching a terrorist attack or doing the dishes. And compassion begins at home.…

— Byron Katie