Depression Quotes And Sayings

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“The one who keeps the stars in their place can keep us in our place. There is no depression for good deeds, and that is all that business consists of, and that is our real business.”
– Henry N. Kost

“It gets on top of me and I get frustrated.”
– Hugh Laurie

“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 isn’t just being a bit sad. It’s feeling nothing. It’s not wanting to be alive anymore.”
– J.K. Rowling

“Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.” 
– James Buckham

“Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.” 
– James Hillman

“Why is it that we live in such a f##^ed up world where crying is considered a weakness? I’d rather be weak than be a cold, numb a$$hole.”
– Jason

“A new study found that people who are depressed have a greater risk of stroke. Well that should cheer them up.”
– Jay Leno

“What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show.”
– Jean Cocteau

“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It’s always there, though.”
– Jeffrey Eugenides

“Something crucial about depression … The smarter you were, the worse it was. The sharper your brain, the more it cut you up.”
– Jeffrey Eugenides

“They thought depression was like being ‘depressed’. They thought it was like being in a bad mood, only worse. Therefore, they tried to get him to snap out of it.”
– Jeffrey Eugenides

“Sometimes, I cry for no reason; sometimes I cry because I’m in pain; sometimes, I can’t cry because all my tears have ran out from crying over every damn bad thing that’s every happened to me.”
– Jennifer

“There are peaks, there are valleys. But they’re all kind of carved and smoothed out, and it feels like a low level of despair you live in. Where you’re not getting any answers, but you’re living OK. And you can smile at the office. You know? But it’s a low level of despair. I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever. I had to get off at a certain point because I realized that, you know, everything’s just OK.”
– Jim Carrey

“Everything in our lives is either a blessing, or a blessing in disguise.” 
– Joel Fotinos

“If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.”
– John Gay

“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keep friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”
– Greenville Kleisser

“Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling…People who keep stiff upper lips find that it’s damn hard to smile.”
– Judith Guest

“Depression is a treatable medical illness like cancer and heart disease.”
– Judith Peacock

“If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I’ve treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I’ve found that to be a tremendous help.”
– Judy Collins

“During depression the world disappears … because the inner voice is so urgent in its own discourse: How shall I live? How shall I manage the future? Why should I go on?”
– Kate Millett

“With depression, you can go in and out of it and not really know whether it’s still there or not. Sometimes I’d find myself bursting into tears for no reason.”
– Keisha Buchanan

“Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.”
– Khalil Gibran 

“That’s where depression hits you most – your home life. It doesn’t affect your work. I can’t do this zany, wacky, funny thing any more. I haven’t been like that for a long time.”
– Lenny Henry

“The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape.”
– Leonard Cohen

“The lows were absolutely horrible. It was like falling into a manhole and not being able to lift the lid and climb out.”
– Linda Hamilton

“I felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, ‘wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?”
– Melinda

“The mood state Americans are in, on average, when watching television is mildly depressed.”
– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.”
– Miriam Toews

“A lot of people don’t realize that depression is an illness. I don’t wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.”
– Jonathon Davis 

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