Well, boys and gals, as of now, we all can be certain of one thing - depression isn’t just feeling blue for a day or two; it’s more like blue is your whole existence. And it isn’t just feeling sad or lonely as it encompasses so many more symptoms, sadly, each of them being more bothersome than the last. You lose all sense of yourself and sense of others, and it’s like living in a cocoon that’s not all fuzzy and warm but cold, uncertain, and treacherous. You cannot trust your emotions anymore, and you cannot trust anyone else, for they, unknowingly, somehow trigger the worst of it. You get all teary and hysterical for the most menial things, and you feel so ashamed afterward. It is like that feeling when you are going down the stairs and miss the last step - it’s falling, it’s unraveling, and it is the tightest knot in your stomach. However, you are not a psycho for feeling all that, and it is not something to be ashamed of, and it is most definitely not how you are supposed to feel. And if you still have that stigmatized version of depression in your head, just think of it like this - your brain chemistry is a tiny bit off right now, and all you need is supplements to help it as a first step. See, not mental at all! And if you need any further proof that you are definitely not alone in this - why not read these depression quotes of famous people from various walks of life?
These deep quotes aren’t here to make you all the more muddled but rather to guide you and to show you that it is all fixable! However, you might dislike the term ‘motivating quotes’ right now; they might just do that without you knowing. On the other hand, if you are not the one battling depression but someone close to you is - these inspiring quotes might help you understand their position as most of the creators behind them had this illness themselves. Either way, these smart quotes could be exactly the thing you are looking for right now.
Without any further talk, why don’t you skip straight to the depression quotes a bit further down to see them for yourself? Once you are there, vote for the best quotes that have either moved you to search for a fix or helped you understand a person who is in this position. After that, share this article with anyone in need! Every bit of help counts when you are battling an illness like this.
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“All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul and they will never notice how broken you really are.” — Robin Williams
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“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.” — Atticus
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“If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you’re a badass with a heart of an angel.” — Keanu Reeves
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“People think depression is sadness. People think depression is crying. People think depression is dressing in black. But people are wrong. Depression is the constant feeling of being numb. Being numb to emotions, being numb to life. You wake up in the morning just to go to bed again.“
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“Depression is living in a body that fights to survive, with a mind that tries to die.“ – Danny Baker
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“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.” ― Barbara Kingsolver
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“You’re not a bad person for the ways you tried to kill your sadness.”
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“Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.”― Jo Nesbo
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“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
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“It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it. There is no off switch.” – Matt Haig
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“I don’t want to do anything. I don’t even want to start this day because then I’ll just be expected to finish it.” ― Rainbow Rowell
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“A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people.” — Lilly Singh
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“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
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“I need one of those long hugs where you kinda forget whatever else is happening around you for minute.” — Marilyn Monroe
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“People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood. That’s not what depression is for me; it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness.” — Dan Reynolds
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“I didn’t want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that’s really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you’re so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.” – Ned Vizzini
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“I’ll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.”― Henry Rollins
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“If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling.”― Tamara Ireland Stone
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“Anger is energizing. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.“ – Gloria Steinem
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“I have depression. But I prefer to say, ‘I battle’ depression instead of ‘I suffer’ with it. Because depression hits, but I hit back. Battle on.”
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