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“The first time I saw her,Everything in my head went quiet.”
“The depression belongs to all of us. I think of the family down the road whose mother was having a baby and they went around the neighborhood saying, "We're pregnant." I want to go around the neigh...”
“I don't feel strong anymoreI feel like falling to my knees.Things aren't the way they were before,They're not the way they're supposed to be.”
“from my chair i can see the street and it seems depressing”
“I yearn to make these scars disappearAnd to forget about the past.To throw away all of my fearsAnd to be happy at last.”
“My stepfather, John O'Hara, was the goodest man there was. He was not a man of many words, but of carefully chosen ones. He was the one parent who didn't try to fix me. One night I sat on his lap i...”
“Girl next to me at the baggage counter said she wrote her way to liberation. How did you handle first person narrative, I asked her. And said she knew the hole of depression, had been there. But I ...”
“If there is such a thing as depression and despair, I experienced it during the months leading-up to and following the divorce. Insomnia, constant and uncontrollable thoughts and a deep sense of lo...”
“I don't know why we livethe gift of life comes to us from I don't know what source or for what purpose; but I believe we can go on living for the reason that (always of course up to a certain point...”
“Minds have their own weather systems. You are in a hurricane. Hurricanes run out of energy eventually. Hold on.”
“What frightened me most was, I could no longer believe in my own life as a story. Everyone needs a story, a part to play in order to avoid the realization that life is without significance. How els...”
“Mechanics of Mind: I feel the greatest source of despair stems not from what we do on a daily basis, but the pace at which our mind thinks vis-a-vis our progression in real life that matters - the ...”
“It was wrong to be so joyless, so desponding; I should have made God my friend, and to do His will the pleasure and the business of my life; but faith was weak, and passion was too strong.”
“Our culture treats people with depression is as if there is something wrong with them; a biological imbalance best treated with medication. But if its impossible to understand biology outside the c...”
“Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating.”
“On Prozac, Sisyphus might well push the boulder back up the mountain with more enthusiasm and creativity. I do not want to deny the benefits of psychoactive medication. I just want to point out tha...”
“A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something were good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depr...”
“Suicide may be a choice, but not as much as it is expected when everything else fails.”
“A person will complain about his problems, unwilling to receive solutions, while demanding attention trough a victimization, reflecting lack of responsibility.”
“Mental Health is measured though motivation to live; the more plans you have and the more significant they are, the more healthy you are.”
