“It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it.I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full.” ―Sylvia Plath
I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week. “I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry.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.’ ―C.S. “Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.“Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.” –Janet Fitch.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.” ―Stephen Fry Be there for them when they come through the other side. “Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through.Depression is like cancer.” ―Barbara Kingsolver “There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes.
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“A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people.” -Lilly Singh.“I’ll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time.You feel guilty for feeling happy.” ―Pete Wentz It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. “The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive.That’s not what depression is for me it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness.” -Dan Reynolds, Imagine Dragons “People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood.“Depression is melancholy minus its charms.” ―Susan Sontag.“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.” -Atticus poetry.If you are wrestling with depression right now, or suspect that you are, be encouraged by the following quotes that you are not alone and that help and healing is not far away. The unfortunate truth is that depression is the primary reason why someone dies of suicide about every 12 minutes (over 41,000 people a year), so it's imperative that we understand it and seek out help if we are experiencing it. So we've gathered up some of our favorite and most relatable quotes about depression that offer up help and connection to those currently experiencing depression and can provide empathy and education to those who know someone in their lives who does. Solidarity goes a long way when talking about any life struggle- allowing us to feel less alone in our experience as well as having greater hope for growth and healthier days ahead.
But as someone who personally deals with depression, I know how encouraging it can be to hear that I'm not alone in the experience. Its impact can be anywhere from mild to completely debilitating and has often been an issue people avoid talking about for fear of saying the wrong thing or the stigma and shame that can sometimes come with mental illness. Depression affects over 18 million people (1 in 10) in the United States in a given year, so chances are you or someone close to you is intimately familiar with its effects on your life and mental health.
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