Capabilities Quote by Jane McGonigal

A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

— Joan Robinson

Depression is a physical illness.

— Terry Bradshaw

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

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

I think it is a luxury and privilege to be sane and well and pessimistic. Because with depression, you have no other option. You…

— Matt Haig

Depression is an illness and not a necessary part of healthy living.

— David D. Burns

Instead of seeing depression as a dysfunction, it is a functioning phenomenon. It stops you cold, sets you down, makes you damn miserable.

— James Hillman

Depression occurs when you are not being yourself.

— Dennis Wholey

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

— Rollo May

I think of depression as the mechanism that pushes down the pain of that loss. It tries to distance us from the loss but…

— Tara Brach

Depression means that you have no point of view.

— Andrew Solomon

Depression manifests itself in a lack of will.

— Richard Brookhiser