Quotes about depression
depression doors kind
Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind. James Hillman
depression mad insanity
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad. Euripides
depression sailor
I'm what you call a Depression sailor. Ernest Borgnine
depression optimism psychology
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. Havelock Ellis
depression depressed-person needs
While each of us ... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person. Harry Emerson Fosdick
depression dream thinking
One trembles to think of that mysterious thing in the soul, which seems to acknowledge no human jurisdiction, but in spite of the individual's own innocence self, will still dream horrid dreams, and mutter unmentionable thoughts. Herman Melville
depression strong hands
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville
depression suffering sixteen
At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
depression pain knows
We all know pain doesn't exist without some coexisting depression. Jerry Hall
depression mental-illness mood
Moods should be heard but never danced to. Hugh Prather
depression believe people
Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the world, you also know that very few people can understand, or even begin to believe, that life can be this painful. Giles Andreae
depression patience mind
We often in our misfortunes take that for constancy and patience which is only dejection of mind; we suffer without daring to holdup our heads, just as cowards let themselves be knocked on the head because they have not courage to strike back. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
depression firsts nails
You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go. Ian Mcewan
depression frustrated
It gets on top of me and I get frustrated. Hugh Laurie
depression teaching names
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life. Homer
depression proud rough-times
I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that. J. K. Rowling
depression feelings just-being
Depression isn't just being a bit sad. It's feeling nothing. It's not wanting to be alive anymore. J. K. Rowling
depression hurt healthy
Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different. J. K. Rowling
depression extremely hospital killer point severe upset
He's not some cold-hearted killer who went to the hospital out of a show. He was extremely upset and distraught to the point of severe depression that evening.
depression week minutes
For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die. Hubert Selby, Jr.
depression believe people
Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else. A. J. P. Taylor
depression mulberry winnie-the-pooh-friend
We can’t all and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it. A. A. Milne
depression thinking feet
The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about. A. A. Milne
depression emotional unhappy
Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a fixed, normal part of my life. ... I need rituals to prevent unnecessarily rocking my already shaky emotional boat. David Karp
depression risks
There are risks to antidepressant treatment, but the risks of untreated depression are worse.
depression feeling mourning
Depression is a feeling without a cause. Mourning has a cause. Edward Hirsch
depression stupid sunshine
To have gone to all this trouble to get to this is just too stupid! Outside there's brilliant sunshine but I don't feel up to looking at it... Claude Monet
depression painting disgusted
I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture. Claude Monet
depression recovery anxious-thoughts
You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you. Dan Millman
depression listening misery
It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says, 'Nothing good came of this' is not yet listening. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
depression illumination demand
Sometimes one has simply to endure a period of depression for what it may hold of illumination if one can live through it, attentive to what it exposes or demands. May Sarton