“On an incredibly simplistic level, you can think of depression as occurring when your cortex thinks an abstract thought and manages to convince the rest of the brain that this is as real as a physi...”

“Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.”

“Prior to the monotheistic Yahweh, the gods made sense, in that they had familiar, if supra-human appetitesthey didnt just want a lamb shank, they wanted the best lamb shank, wanted to seduce all th...”

“Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin with. (Marathon runners are exceptions to th...”

“Inspirational quotes are only making you more miserable.”

“It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary”

“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.”