“You wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before, and that my love is bravery.”— Unknown, facebook.com
“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
“My whole life is finding the right balance of uppers and downers to help me make it through another day.”— Jejune Being, facebook.com
“'I was skeptical at first because I’d never had therapy, but not being able to leave the house [because of panic attacks] was so debilitating. And this was when my career was really taking off... My surroundings would trigger a panic attack, so I couldn’t go to the studio unless I was lying down in…”— Ellie Goulding, marieclaire.co.uk
“I was sitting in my car, and I knew the gas was coming when I had an image of my mother finding me. She sacrificed so much for her children, and to end my life would be an incredibly selfish thing to do. My sense of worth was so low. I had to reprogram myself to see the good in me. Because someone d…”— Halle Berry, marieclaire.co.uk
“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
“My advice would be talk to people about it. Don't feel alone in it. Treat your body as if you are another person that you need to take care of and heal.”— Felicia Day, forbes.com
“We have to develop a culture of open arms and acceptance so that they feel comfortable saying, 'I'm a veteran. And by the way, I need a little help.'”— Michelle Obama, glamour.com
“It's something that's completely uncontrollable. It's really painful and it's really scary and women need a lot of support.”— Hayden Panettiere, buzzfeed.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
“There's no shame in dealing with these things. There's no shame in having to fight every day.”— Jared Padalecki, variety.com
“I'm struggling just to get through the days. I think a lot of people are.”— Justin Bieber, buzzfeed.com
“My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don't know why I wouldn't seek help to have those things be as healthy as me teeth. I go to the dentist. So why wouldn't I go to a strink?”— Kerry Washington, glamour.com
“No blog post that accurately describes what it feels like to go through depression is going to neatly fit in Helvetica font, printed over a black and white photo of a girl smoking a cigarette.”— Katie Mather, thoughtcatalog.com
“If I was feeling depressed or frustrated about my lot in life, all I had to do was tap the Player One button, and my worries would instantly slip away as my mind focused itself on the relentless pixelated onslaught on the screen in front of me. There, inside the game's two-dimensional universe, life…”— Ernest Cline, amazon.com
“Everyone deserves to feel the normal range of emotions without having to be depressed or anxious to the point that it interferes with enjoying life.”— Laura Gaffney, 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
“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
“Do you think grief is anything like depression? Go with grief. It's better. In grief you're at least feeling a rich, deep feeling. In depression you don't even have that, it's just that awful feeling of nullity.”— Dick Cavett, nytimes.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