26 Quotes That Explain The Haunting Agony That Is Living With Depression

“In addition, many people with anxiety disorders often suffer from depression as well. People with anxiety disorders also have an elevated risk for developing substance abuse problems with alcohol or other drugs or with both alcohol and drugs. These problems may stem, at least in part, from attempts…”

— Lance Levan, amazon.com

“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 pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds…”

— Andrew Solomon, amazon.com

“Depression is worse than mere sadness or being in a ''bad mood.'' The hallmark of severe depression is 'an inclination to despair' and the inability of many people to feel anything whatsoever.”

— John Langone, nytimes.com

“The greatest barrier to seeking mental health care, especially for depression, is recognizing the need to seek care in the first place.”

— Elizabeth D. Arend, nytimes.com

“The most common reaction is, 'How can you be depressed? You have everything going for you. You are the supposed number one heroine and have a plush home, car movies...What else do you want? It's not about what you have or don't have.”

— Deepika Padukone, hindustantimes.com

“On the other side of your pain is something good.”

— Dwayne Johnson, youtube.com

“We feel any of the negative emotions or that dark cloud settle on you, and you feel like you need to cry out or speak to someone about it, and 'Nope I'm not gonna do that, because I'm a man.”

— Wayne Brady, people.com

“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides, amazon.com

“I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“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.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, amazon.com

“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.”

— Stephen Fry, amazon.com

“The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.”

— Pete Wentz, books.google.com

“Depression is when you don’t really care about anything. Anxiety is when you care too much, and over think everything, having both is hell.”

— Soft Grung, twitter.com

“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there’s nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression….Depression is like a heaviness that you can’t ever escape. It crushes down on you, making even the smallest things like tying your shoes or chewing on toast seem like a twent…”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

“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.”

— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com

“Deep depression is due to a problem with brain chemistry, not a problem with inner weakness.”

— Karen Salmansohn, notsalmon.com

“Inactivity and depression feed on themselves. The more you wallow, the worse it gets.”

— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com

“One of the scariest things in life is when you come to the realization that the only thing that can save you is...yourself.”

— Demi Lovato, amazon.com

“You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.”

— Andrea Gibson, amazon.com

“I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me.”

— Franz Kafka, amazon.com

“the courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.”

— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com

“Emotions are like passing storms, and you have to remind yourself that it won’t rain forever. You just have to sit down and watch it pour outside and then peek your head out when it looks dry.”

— Amy Poehler, amazon.com

“It doesn't have to take over your life, it doesn't have to define you as a person, it's just important that you ask for help. It's not a sign of weakness.”

— Demi Lovato, buzzfeed.com

“I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever. I had to get off at a certain point because I realized that, you know, everything's just okay. You need to get out of bed every day and say that life is good. That's what I did, altho…”

— Jim Carrey, marieclaire.co.uk

“If you saw the size of the blessing coming you'd understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting.”

— The Good Quote, facebook.com

“Depression doesn’t care who it attacks; if it wants you, you cannot beat it off with a CV or a bank balance.”

— Marcus Trescothick, time-to-change.org.uk