Quotes about Depression (Please read each and every one – this reading can cure your depression) “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man depressed when he is only sad.” “depression are like wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” “One of the most important aspects of hypnotherapy is that if people would just say how they felt, a lot of problems could be solved. ” “Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.” “Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.” “That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as he sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end.” “I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know? I am just a living person - not anything – I have depression” “Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your councillings. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.” These are must for depression. “If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve - never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do for depressed person.” “Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” “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 dead ened 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 than any other condition.”
“Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer. Crying includes all the principles of Yoga.” “If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.” “Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with depression.” “Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” “Depression is like a wound that never goes away - a wound in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though and resistant.” “I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.” “All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously." “Sometimes it feels like we're all living in a Prozac nation. The United States of Depression. ” “Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could effect ” “I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all. ” “We don't have a great war in our generation, 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.” “A part-time worker is fully employed, half the time. In other words, they are part-time unemployees.
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“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.” “Depression is anger turned inward.” “depression is like Dead, but not allowed to die - Alive, but as good as dead.” “If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.” “Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions.” “Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?” “Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war, it's the key to victory over fear and it's cousin, depression.” That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key. 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 keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem. One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are the worried well. worried are those in severe mental pain with conditions crippling enough to prevent them living normal lives. Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically. Sometimes depression is simply the result of exhaustion. The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive. 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. If you don't think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days. Depression crack your total health. Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day.
What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing. “Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I’ve made that commitment for my life’s sake and for the sake of those who love me. “Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.” Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person. When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. Avoid showing disrespect or contempt for others, even those with whom you adamantly disagree. Respect for others is inseparable from respect for self.
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