Cognition Quote by Jan Wong

Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular.

— Jonathan Franzen

Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular. But the…

— Jonathan Franzen

But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some…

— Bob Geldof

Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and its the worst.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“Depression is a funhouse, with suicidal ideation the wavy, distorting mirrors that have you trapped and stumbling from corner to corner in that box…

— Lily Burana

“The horror of profound depression, and the hopelessness that usually accompanies it, are hard to imagine for those who have not experienced them. Because…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and it's the worst.

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

What I am feeling in myself, and what is happening to my physical body, to some extent, and what is happening to me mentally,…

— Glenn Beck

“There are people who fantasize about suicide, and paradoxically, these fantasies can be soothing because they usually involve either fantasizing about others' reactions to…

— Thomas Joiner

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…

— Jonathan Franzen

“When people die and especially when they die tragically, others can't help but get carried away. They come up with their implausible interpretation and…

— Francesca Marciano