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Depression Quotes:

“I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. I don’t know. Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don’t know the answer, I know only that I can’t. I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.”

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts

Penelope Sweet

You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

Albert Ellis  

If depression is creeping up and must be faced, learn something about the nature of the beast: You may escape without a mauling.

DR RW Shepherd

People are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

This is where I say I’ve had enough, and no one should ever feel that way that I feel now. A walking open wound, a trophy display of bruises, and I don’t believe that I’m getting any better.

Dashboard Confessional (Saints and Sailors)

When I was younger crying always seemed to be the answer. Now that I'm older crying seems to be the only option.

Anonymous

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I am permitted to hold for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."

George Bernard Shaw

Whenever someone sorrows, I do not say, "forget it," or "it will pass," or "it could be worse" -- all of which deny the integrity of the painful experience. But I say, to the contrary, "It is worse than you may allow yourself to think. Delve into the depth. Stay with the feeling. Think of it as a precious source of knowledge and guidance. Then and only then will you be ready to face it and be transformed in the process."

Peter Koestenbaum