“Depression is eating. It’s eating so many Strawberry Pop-Tarts in one sitting, you feel heavy and slow. It’s not eating for days, and feeling empty and hollow. It’s both, it’s over and over again, it never stops. Depression is sleep. Too much, and way too little. You’re always tired—not from the lac…”— Katie Mather, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: eating, Depression
“My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.”— Tina Fey, amazon.comTagged: Anxiety, Paranoid
“At its worst, anxiety can feel like death. At its best, anxiety feels like a cramping stomach.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Anxiety, Anxious, H4D-16
“Depression. And obsession don't mix well.”— XXXTENTACION, open.spotify.comTagged: Depression, Obsession, mix, hooked, Bad
“Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.”— James K. Polk, yale.eduTagged: Fear, Tremble, Responsibilities, Peace, prosperity
“It’s the silly snap you get when you’re having a bad day and someone is trying to cheer you up.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: little things, Happiness, Happiness Quotes
“Depression is strong, but not stronger than you.”— Jacqueline Whitney, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Depression, Overcoming Depression, Mental Health Tips
“Sometimes we have to truly wallow in our misery so we can learn how to bask in our happiness. Sometimes we have to lose all hope before we find unwavering faith.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Misery, Happiness, Faith, Hope, H4D-28
“Mental health is a complex, multi-layered issue. Having suffered from anxiety and depression myself, I know how difficult it is to articulate my feelings even to a trained human being, who can see my facial expressions and hear the nuanced inflections in my voice, or even my body language.”— Dr. Pragya Agarwal, forbes.comTagged: Mental Health, Technology
“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.”— David Levithan, amazon.comTagged: Love, Friendship, Happiness
“Do not worry over things that generate preoccupation, derangement and anxiety. One thing only is necessary: to lift up your spirit and love God.”— Padre Pio, ncregister.comTagged: worry, derangement, Anxiety, love god
“Depression understands growth comes from destruction.”— Kristin Michelle Elizabeth, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Depression, Mental Illness, Growth
“I for one am afraid that our American culture’s overemphasis on happiness at the expense of sadness might be dangerous, a wanton forgetting of an essential part of a full life. I further am wary in the face of this possibility: to desire only happiness in a world undoubtedly tragic is to become inau…”— Eric G. Wilson, amazon.comTagged: Happiness, Depression, Melancholy, Mental Health, Quote of the Moment
“As soon as our circumstances extend beyond the amount of happiness we're accustomed to and comfortable feeling, we unconsciously begin to self-sabotage. We are programmed to seek what we've known. So, even though we think we're after happiness, we're actually trying to find whatever we're most accus…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.comTagged: Happiness, Self-Sabotage, Comfort, Change, Resisting Happiness
“To those struggling with anxiety, OCD, depression: I know it's mad annoying when people tell you to exercise, and it took me about 16 medicated years to listen. I'm I glad I did. It ain't about the ass it's about the brain.”— Lena Dunham, instagram.comTagged: Mental Health Awareness, Depression Awareness
“There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile. No sound sweeter than your laughter. No pleasure greater than holding you in my arms. I realized today that I could never live without you, stubborn little hellion that you are. In this life and the next, you’re my only hope of happines…”— Lisa Kleypas, amazon.comTagged: Love, Happiness, beauty
“People inflict pain on others in their selfish pursuit of happiness and satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a sense of universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.comTagged: Happiness, Pain, Greed, selfishness, Unity
“Depression is the inability to construct a future.”— Rollo May, amazon.comTagged: Depression, Inability, Future
“Fulfillment isn't another word for happiness. All kinds of things make us happy at work: hitting a goal, getting a promotion, landing a new client, completing a project, the list goes on. But happiness is temporary; the feeling doesn't last. Nobody walks around energized by the memory of a goal hit…”— Simon Sinek, amazon.comTagged: Fulfillment, Happiness, purpose, Memory
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”— Søren Kierkegaard, amazon.comTagged: Freedom, Anxiety, Too Many Possibilities
“Anxiety isn't being nervous. Anxiety is being in a situation that others find fine but your stomach is in knots and your mind is on fire. Anxiety is looking around you and convincing yourself that everyone hates you. Anxiety is every terrifying scenario compacted into one moment.”— Aaron Gillies, twitter.comTagged: Anxiety, Mental Health, Mental Illness
“You fear that love will do what it always does turn you into rain”— Emery Allen, wethinkwedream.tumblr.comTagged: Fears in Love, Love, Fear of Being Hurt, Anxiety
“Depression tries to trick you into hating yourself.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Depression, tricks, Lies
“Is depression more palatable if it’s a comedy routine?”— Ari Eastman, medium.comTagged: Depression, Depression memes
“depression nips at my heels like an untrained animal.”— Caitlin Conlon, instagram.comTagged: Depression, Poetry
“For those facing climbing levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental-health issues, the ability to take time away from work to recover — even while forgoing pay — can seem appealing. But what exactly does such a leave entail? And is it a good idea?”— Ludmila Leiva, refinery29.comTagged: Stress, Burnout, Health, Mental Health
“I often find commonplace happiness in extraordinary moments and sublime happiness in the seeming mundane”— Brit Marling, twitter.comTagged: Happiness, Human Beauty, human happiness, Human Connection
“Depression is an ocean we never wanted to traverse.”— George Abraham, tinhouse.comTagged: Depression
“When I'm in a phase of real turmoil or the anxiety is very strong, it feels like the anxiety is never going to end, and it does.”— Emma Stone, dailymail.co.ukTagged: Anxiety, Anxious, H4D-15, Emma, Stone
“You can help temper yourself to better withstand anxiety by allowing yourself to gain exposure to the things that cause you anxiety.”— Robert Duff, amazon.comTagged: Anxiety