Top Depression Quotes

the sever pain and the great trials we go through teach us the real essence of great joy

As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.

Depression Definition

(n.) The act of depressing.

(n.) The state of being depressed; a sinking.

(n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

(n.) Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

(n.) Dejection; despondency; lowness.

(n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

(n.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

(n.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.

(n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.

Writing is not a hobby. It's the only way I get to shut up the demons in my head.

Pressure makes diamonds - or not.

the severe pain and the great trials we go through teach us the real essence of great joy

I would if somebody would want to but of course nobody would want to so I wouldn't want to force anybody to want to.

The thoughts that arise because of 'depression' or 'elevation' are all wrong thoughts. The thoughts that arise in 'normality' are 'correct'.

He thought perhaps it was a woman's way, to come out of such a storm of emotion and pain as if she were a ship emerging onto calm seas. She had seemed, not at peace, but emptied of sorrow. As if she h...

You alwaysdrop by, to en-lighten my mind,when my wings arefeeling heavy &i've forgottenhow tofly.

The punishment approach and bad consequences approach to treatment is the kind of thinking that is prevalent in every residential substance abuse treatment center in the United States of which I'm awa...

Like a deep sad noteplayed beneath the oceanwaving through the orbthe memories of youthe bittersweet echoesinfixed forever in my heart

The more confident and appreciative of who you are, the less hold depression has over you.

Geraldine keeps her eyes trained on him as she slowly reaches into her purse, wrapping her fingers around her gun. …Callo, I’m so sorry that your life ended up this way, she sighs as she gets out of h...

I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.

Girls are always saying things like, I’m so unhappy that I’m going to overdose on aspirin, but they’d be awfully surprised if they succeeded. They have no intention of dying. At the first sight of blo...

The root of identity crises: we seem to know a lot about ourselves, but we can't tell who we are. Realize your self!

Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular. But the realism is merely a mask for depression's actual essence...

The rain fell like dead bullets.

Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.

One thing is undeniably clear. We have all had bad experiences, we have all had tragedies in our lives which help to shape who we are.