Quotes about depression
depression god christian
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. C. S. Lewis
depression sadness acid
Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum. Alan Lightman
depression fog talking
I'd been depressed before, of course. But I'm talking about really depressed. Not just feeling a bit down or sad, a depression that has something to do with biorhythms. I'm talking about the kind of depressed that floats in upon you like a fog. You can feel it coming and you can see where it is going to take you but you are powerless, utterly powerless to stop it. I know now. Alan Cumming
depression economists exciting experience great iowa period profitable state talented younger
My professional apprenticeship at Iowa State College from 1930 to 1943 could not have been better; the Great Depression made it so, and the talented younger economists at Ames during that period made it an exciting and profitable intellectual experience. Theodore Schultz
depression men mad
Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. Blaise Pascal
depression giants impossible
Each of us keeps, battened down inside himself, a sort of lunatic giant; impossible socially, but full scale; and it's the knockings and battering we sometimes hear in each other that keep our banter from utter banality. Elizabeth Bowen
depression despair fool hate prone
As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such. Alain de Botton
depression difference given permission
You can tell a difference in them from the very first month. Once they have been given permission to be a woman, the depression lifts.
depression fly sucks top
We want to fly over the top of this depression before it deepens and sucks us in.
depression destroyed fear greed hope portfolio recession value
Fear, greed and hope have destroyed more portfolio value than any recession or depression we have ever been through. James O'Shaughnessy
depression people-with-depression
Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking. Douglas Coupland
depression alive care
I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do then survive. Ani Difranco
depression pessimism situation
I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism. Andrew Mellon
depression worry tides
There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue.
depression soul mental-illness
The soul is innocent and immortal, it should never die ungodly in an armed madhouse. Allen Ginsberg
depression song morning
Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush. A. A. Milne
depression play insanity
Beneath the seemingly rational exterior of our lives is a fear of insanity. We dare not question the values by which we live or rebel against the roles we play for fear of putting our sanity in doubt. Alexander Lowen
depression thinking feelings
I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed. Douglas Adams
depression giving mad
The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.
depression lonely compassion
The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Dalai Lama
depression men needs
You've got everything except one thing: madness! A man needs a little madness, or else... Anthony Quinn
depression emotional views
In my view, prescribing antidepressant drugs is too often a quick and easy substitute for developing treatment plans that address the totality of health concerns and lifestyle factors that have an impact on wellness, including emotional wellness. Andrew Weil
depression spiritual war
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives. Chuck Palahniuk
depression spiritual war
We don't have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit. We have a great revolution against the culture. The great depression is our lives. We have a spiritual depression.
depression thinking light
Depression is boring, I think and I would do better to make some soup and light up the cave. Anne Sexton
depression queens lying
It's all a matter of history. Brandy is no solace. Librium only lies me down like a dead snow queen. Yes! I am still the criminal.
depression loneliness fading
Though many schizophrenics become curiously attached to their delusions, the fading of the nondelusional world puts them in loneliness beyond all reckoning, a fixed residence on a noxious private planet they can never leave, and where they can receive no visitors. Andrew Solomon
depression grief air
Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. It is tumbleweed distress that thrives on thin air, growing despite its detachment from the nourishing earth. It can be described only in metaphor and allegory
depression trying balance
Living with depression is like trying to keep your balance while you dance with a goat -- it is perfectly sane to prefer a partner with a better sense of balance.
depression real drawing
Antonin Artaud wrote on one of his drawings, "Never real and always true," and that is how depression feels. You know that it is not real, that you are someone else, and yet you know that it is absolutely true.
depression despair flaws
Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair.
depression crazy people
A large proportion of my best friends are a little bit crazy. ... I try to be cautious with my friends who are too sane. Depression is itself destructive, and it breeds destructive impulses: I am easily disappointed in people who don't get it ...
depression expression people
It is important not to suppress your feelings altogether when you are depressed. It is equally important to avoid terrible arguments or expressions of outrage. You should steer clear of emotionally damaging behavior. People forgive, but it is best not to stir things up to the point at which forgiveness is required. When you are depressed, you need the love of other people, and yet depression fosters actions that destroy that love. Depressed people often stick pins into their own life rafts. The conscious mind can intervene. One is not helpless.