Quotes about My Depression

What made me empathic was my depressions. Votes: 4

In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression. Votes: 4

At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness. Votes: 4

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible. Votes: 4

Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence. Votes: 3

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression. Votes: 3

The ongoing successful treatment of my depression is the single most important positive step I have taken in my life, hence my enthusiasm for the subject. Votes: 3

When I diagnose my depression now, I think it was partially about saying goodbye to these kids that I always expected to have but already knew that I wouldn't. Votes: 3

In the end, it was the secrets that held me hostage and fuelled my depression, but, once released, emancipation - from fear, shame, guilt and judgement - was finally possible. Votes: 3

I don't want anybody to understand what my depression feels like because in order to understand it you have to have been there, and I don't want anybody else to go. Votes: 3

Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a fixed, normal part of my life. ... I need rituals to prevent unnecessarily rocking my already shaky emotional boat. Votes: 3

Lithium prevents my seductive but disastrous highs, diminishes my depressions, clears out the wool and webbing from my disordered thinking, slows me down, gentles me out, keeps me from ruining my career and relationships, keeps me out of a hospital, alive, and makes psychotherapy possible. Votes: 3

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Votes: 2

Depression is something I've dealt with every day of my life. Votes: 2

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle. Votes: 2

Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary. Votes: 2

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness. Votes: 2

The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself. Votes: 2

I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal. Votes: 2

I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff. Votes: 2

My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well. Votes: 2

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real. Votes: 2

Spreading the word about depression is my mission. I am working to build awareness, educate people about the symptoms, and change public opinion and individual attitudes about depression. Votes: 2

Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work. Votes: 2

My depression is not something very special. A lot of people go through depression. My divorce is not something very special; a lot of people go through divorce. Votes: 2

I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those. Votes: 2

In total, I was diagnosed with depression by eight psychotherapists and psychiatrists over a period of thirteen years. Diagnosed wrong. Absolutely wrong. My accurate diagnosis was manic depression, or what we call bipolar disorder today. Votes: 2

The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and angry, and I was full of rage. I wasn't lying in bed. Votes: 2

My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression. Votes: 0

Misery, depression, elation all mine, refine confinement all my design. Votes: 0

I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life. Votes: 0

Depression and Drama. What a Deadly Drink to Give to My Suicidal Spirit. Votes: 0

Depression is very bad illness. This will be the toughest fight of my life. Votes: 0

I've really been grappling with depression. It's all linked with my cocaine and ecstasy abuse. Votes: 0

I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph. Votes: 0

My films are therapy for my debilitating depression. In institutions people weave baskets. I make films. Votes: 0

In my experience the best way to beat depression is to get involved in something inspiring. Votes: 0

My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire. Votes: 0

My problem is that I don't get the same exhiliration from success as I get depression from failure. Votes: 0

My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV. Votes: 0

Depression can be the sand that makes the pearl. Most of my best work came out of it. Votes: 0

I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers. Votes: 0

A terrible depression yesterday. Visions of my life petering out into a kind of soft-brained stupor from lack of use. Votes: 0

In my experience, depression was not something that has been cured so much as managed, like a lot of illnesses. Votes: 0

Manic depression's touching my soul. I know what I want, but I just don't know how to go about getting it. Votes: 0

My father made false teeth. Unfortunately, during the Depression, not many people could afford them, and my parents lost their home. Votes: 0

Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. Votes: 0

I will do my best to dodge tonight's depression Hide in sleep Damage myself in dreams Wake up older, slightly more used. Votes: 0

My depression was mild, and I could treat it by myself and pick myself up again. But some people aren't that lucky. Votes: 0

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression. Votes: 0

Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don't need to show me thier badges. I know these guys very well. Votes: 0

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth. Votes: 0

I hated being depressed, but it was also in depression that I learned my own acreage, the full extent of my soul. Votes: 0

I do not know what horrified me most [during the depression]: the economic misery of my companions [or] their moral and ethical coarseness. Votes: 0

When I need some striking inspiration about deep depression for my new painting, I just need to go to check my bank account... Votes: 0

Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine. Votes: 0

My manic depression was ravaging my life, but because nobody could see it, many people thought it was a figment of my imagination. Votes: 0

They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression. Votes: 0

I have not been an easygoing guy. I think it's called bipolar manic depression. I've got a rich history of that in my family. Votes: 0

Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13. Votes: 0

My God, I could raise a family of six children and hold down a full-time job with all the energy I expend on depression! Votes: 0

Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece. Votes: 0

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went to the moon. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork Votes: 0

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of. Votes: 0

As I mentioned, things were particularly hard during the Depression. My paternal grandfather was frequently out of work, and the family was evicted from their home. Votes: 0

People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views. Votes: 0

[The Return of the Prodigal book] came out of my emotional and spiritual journey during the four months I was gone from Daybreak because of depression. Votes: 0

I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off. Votes: 0

Using tax payers' money to provide liquidity to Wall Street so that the country wouldn't head into a depression was the right decision, in my judgment. Votes: 0

We would go down to Riverside, California, which is very poor now, but that's where my grandfather grew up. He grew up during the Depression in Riverside. Votes: 0

This is what I am. I have periods of enormous self-destructive depression, where I go completely off my trolley and lose all sight of reality and reason. Votes: 0

all that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a great depression. we may even be hiding a third world war Votes: 0

Depression isn't about, 'Woe is me, my life is this, that and the other', it's like having the worst flu all day that you just can't kick. Votes: 0

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself. Votes: 0

When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try and find work. Votes: 0

I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2? Votes: 0

I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2. Votes: 0

I certainly have a very colorful nature, filled with great highs and great lows... in my early adulthood I probably was grappling with some serious depression issues. Votes: 0

After graduation in June of 1984, I moved to Manhattan. My first stop was a psychiatrist, who in less than our first fifty-minute session again diagnosed me with depression. Votes: 0

He knows what he'll find if he digs deeper. there's no rush to unpack my insides. he understands there is nothing special about emptiness, nothing interesting about depression. Votes: 0

Depression is something that has always figured in my life but now I'm dealing with it. I wish I'd done this years ago because it's been really helpful. Votes: 0

It were depression, too. They cut my wages down once at the foundry. They cut my wages down again. Then they cut my wages out, also the job. Votes: 0

My dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like Ida Lupino and those other women I saw up there on the screen during the Depression. Votes: 0

My father had a couple of kids at the beginning of the Depression. There was not much employment. Not much welfare. People barely got by. People were tougher then. Votes: 0

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English. Votes: 0

To my mind, the main reason for the Depression in the United States as a whole, is the bondage of debt and the spirit of speculation among the people. Votes: 0

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, 'You saved my dad's life.' Votes: 0

First and foremost, it's important to remember that, from my perspective at least, my most important legacy was making sure that the world didn't go into a Great Depression. Votes: 0

In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant" My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love. Votes: 0

People take ownership of sickness and disease by saying things like MY high blood pressure MY diabetes, MY heart disease, MY depression, MY! MY! MY! Don't own it because it doesn't belong to you! Votes: 0