Depression Quotes

No one is depressed when they're being chased by a bear.

- Adam Carolla

Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.

- J.K. Rowling

Depression is not only an experience in the mind; it is also an affliction of the body. There is a lack of energy, a painful heaviness; sadness and a grief that permeate to our marrow.

- Philip Martin

Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.

- Madeleine L'Engle

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

- Laurell K. Hamilton

There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.

- Dante

Living with depression is like trying to keep your balance while you dance with a goat - it is perfectly sane to prefer a partner with a better sense of balance.

- Andrew Solomon

Telling a depressed person to be happy is the same as telling a cancer patient to cure themselves.

- Unknown

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