Depression Quotes On Life & Love To Make You Feel Better
Depression Quotes On Life & Love To Make You Feel Better
“If you are chronically down, it is a lifelong fight to keep from sinking ” ― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
“Sometimes when I say “I’m okay”, I want someone to look me in the eyes, and say, “I know you’re not.”
“Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one’s own skilled action.”― Robert MSapolsky
“It’s hard to part the curtains when the dark holds such familiarity.”― Donna Lynn Hope
“My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.” – Patty Duke
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Saint Francis of Assisi
“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” – Glenn Close
“Don’t let your struggle become your identity.” – Unknown
“The world can ask you to participate, but it’s a day-today decision if you want to agree to that proposal.”― Aimee Bender
“I am alive because you want me to.”― Santosh Kalwar
“Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness.
“My silence is just another word for my pain.” – Unknown
“In the flame of awareness, all problems are finally resolved.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
Depression quotes to remind you there’s light at the end of the tunnel
“If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill, let yourself fall ill.” ― Jalaluddin Rumi
“You will feel better than this, maybe not yet, but you will You just keep living until you are alive again.” – CALL THE MIDWIFE
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” — Wayne WDyer
“All life is an experiment The more experiments you make the better.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus
Depression Quotes
“The only journey is the journey within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
“Your illness is not your identity Your chemistry is not your character.” — Pastor Rick Warren
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Amy March, from “Little Women”
But in the end, I’d be able to get up and on with it, could always do what little must be done to scratch by.” ― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
“In the meantime, I could withdraw to my room, could hide and sleep as if I were dead” ― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
“Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions.” – Miriam Toews
“I suffer from deep depression, so my only release is music.” – Kevin Gates
“Only stepping out of old ruts will bring new insights.” – Andy Grove
“I don’t want to see anyone I lie in the bedroom with the curtains drawn and nothingness washing over me like a sluggish wave.
“Don’t try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.” ― Philip KDick
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.KRowling
Don’t forget to also read these All the Bright Places quotes and lines on mental health, love, and more.
“I saw the world in black and white instead of the vibrant colours and shades I knew existed.” ― Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits
Depression Quotes
“You’re like a grey sky You’re beautiful, even though you don’t want to be.” ― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes
“I don’t want to do anything I don’t even want to start this day because then I’ll just be expected to finish it.” ― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl
“You always say such lovely things to me, Red Do you say them to yourself?”― Talia Hibbert
“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.”― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Sometimes we create such powerful illusions, so that we do not get lost in the darkness.”― Christy Lefteri
“I was so self-critical I still am; but it’s not as bad anymore.”― Fiona Apple
“Your silence furnishes a dark house.
But even at the risk of burning,
the moth always seeks the light.”― Elizabeth Acevedo
“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” — Joyce Meyer
“Forget past mistakes Forget failures Forget about everything except what you’re going to do now — and do it.”— William Durant
“I’ll never forget how depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time Still does.” – Henry Rollins
“I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear.”― Sharon ERainey
Depression Quotes
“Having depression is being in an abusive relationship with yourself.” – Emily Dotterer
“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have the right to be here.” — Max Ehrmann
“Healing is an art It takes time, it takes practiceIt takes love.” – Maza Dohta
“Pain is emotional Depression and fear are always in company with chronic hurting.” – Siri Hustvedt
One morning you wake up afraid you are going to live.
“When your past shows up to haunt you, make sure it comes after supper so it doesn’t ruin your whole day.”― Jay Wickre
“The way you speak of yourself, the way you degrade yourself, into smallness is abuse.” – RUPI KAUR
“People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” ― George Bernard Shaw
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy TBennett
Depression Quotes
“I can feel the hurt There’s something good about it Mostly it makes me stop remembering.”― Albert Borris
“There is a difference between depression and sadness I am happy to be sad.”― Amanda Mosher
“Life is a battle, so do not give up fighting.”― Savannah Harris
“Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is a plain and simple reduction of feeling.”― Judith Guest
“You don’t know where you are or where your dreams end and the world begins.”― Rachel Klein
In my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain, quite certain, that I was already dead.
“The only cure I have ever known for fear and doubt and loneliness is an immense love of self.” – ALISON MALEE
“Be not afraid of life Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” — William James
“It is okay to still be putting yourself together.” – B.M.
But for all intents and purposes, the deeply depressed are just the walking, waking dead.
“There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don’t seem to help.”- Unknown
“There is no person in this whole world who is a mistake, no matter how different that person may seem.”– Fred Rogers
“A scar had been beaten into his mind which would only heal by experience.”― Ian Fleming
“Take control of your emotions before your emotions take control of you.”― Scott Dye
“It’s brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.” ― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart Who looks outside, dreams Who looks inside, awakens.” — Carl Jung
Depression Quotes
“I am a work in progress.”― Violet Yates
“Everything you have ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.” — George Addair
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” — Douglas Adams
“Even when the world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.” – Pittacus Lore
“I don’t pay attention to the world ending It has ended for me many times and began again in the morning.” – NAYYIRAH WAHEED
“Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.” – Janet Fitch
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” — Fredrick Douglas
“You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” — Eckhart Tolle
“It’s been raining outside and I feel like a sad poet, hating my imagination pissing on the roof.”― Munia Khan
“Woke up this morning afraid I was gonna live.”― Elizabeth Wurtzel
“Show me the most damaged parts of your soul, and I will show you how it still shines like gold.” – NIKITA GILL
“The greatest wisdom lies on the other side, immediately on the other side, of the greatest despair.” – Alan Watts
“Pain is always emotional Fear and depression keep constant company with chronic hurting.” – Siri Hustvedt
“My life is just one constant battle between wanting to be alone, but not wanting to be lonely.” – Unknown
Depression Quotes
“The only way out is through.” ― Robert Frost
“Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I’m tired of trying, sick of crying, I know I’ve been smiling, but inside I’m dying.” – Unknown
“The faster you accept reality, the faster you find peace of mind.” – Maxime Lagacé
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
“Not all storms come to disturb your life Some come to clear your path.” – Unknown
“Suffering is not holding you; you are holding suffering.” – Osho
“Nothing is more depressing than despite the fact of having it all but still feeling empty.” – Unknown
“Once you choose hope, anything is possible.” — Christopher Reeve
“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”— Albert Camus
Depression Quotes
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn
“Anticipate good things will happen, keep your mind positive, never lose hope, and it will amaze you.” – C Pulsifer
“He had the feeling that there was something physically behind his eyes, blocking the light.”― Jeffrey Eugenides
“I remain someone of little consequence, as if nothing more than dandelion fluff caught on a breeze.”― Kelly Moran
“Each morning we are born again What we do today is what matters most.” — Buddha
“Do not ever let agony get comfortable beneath your skin.” – F.DSOUL
“I mustn’t run away.”― Hideaki Anno
“I got a monster within my own self!”― John Zea
“The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.”― Brian Sutton-Smith
“You don’t have to control your thoughts You just have to stop letting them control you.” ― Dan Millman
“Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” ― Dorothy MNeddermeyer
Depression Quotes
“Awareness is the first step in healing.” – Dean Ornish
“I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I’m so depressed, or life is terrible.” – Tony Curtis
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
“The strongest people are those who win battles we know nothing about.” – Unknown
“It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.”— Isaac Asimov
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” — Madeleine L’Engle
“Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.” – Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book
“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”— Louise LHay
“There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.” — CSLewis
“You don’t have to live a lie Living a lie will mess you upIt will send you into depression It will warp your values.” – Gilbert Baker
“Mental health…is not a destination, but a process It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going.” – Noam Shpancer, PhD
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Unknown
Depression Quotes
“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” — William James
“We can’t take away the suffering of others What we can do is show up for them And in doing so, take away the pain of having to suffer alone.” – Jason Garner
“What is depression like? It’s like drowning, except everyone around you is breathing.” – Unknown
“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” ― Deepak Chopra
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“When people don’t know exactly what depression is, they can be judgmental.” – Marion Cotillard
“That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.” ― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
“I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.” ― John Keats
“Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent.” – Elizabeth Wintzel
“In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced.” – Fritz Knapp
“The difference between hope and despair is the ability to believe in tomorrow.” – Jerry Grillo
“Even your past pain can be a blessing to someone Hope lifters are willing to reach back and pass hope on.” – Kathe Wunnenberg
