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- Nov 07, 2020
Depression Quotes
Words for the weight that doesn't always show.
Some of these lines admit to depression outright, others just gesture at a mood that's hard to name — the range runs from someone owning up to mild depression to reflections on hard financial seasons people call their own Depression. If anxiety feels closer to what you're carrying, our Anxiety quotes might fit better.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never once, during any of my bouts of depression, had I been inclined or able to pick up a telephone and ask a friend for help. It wasn't in me.
- Grief
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am one of millions who have been treated for depression and gotten well; I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist well versed in using lithium and knowledgeable about my illness, and who was also an excellent psychotherapist.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no common standard for education about diagnosis. Distinguishing between bipolar depression and major depressive disorder, for example, can be difficult, and mistakes are common. Misdiagnosis can be lethal. Medications that work well for some forms of depression induce agitation in others.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
We expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I teach and write about depression and bipolar illness, I am often asked what is the most important factor in treating bipolar disorder. My answer is competence. Empathy is important, but competence is essential.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are scientists all around the world looking for the genes responsible for bipolar illness and major depression.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some cases, some people do get depressed in the middle of their grief, and they really need to be treated for depression.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People respond differently to people who are grieving. They reach out. But depression is so very isolating. It's hard to explain to anyone who has never been depressed how isolating it is. Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.
- Effective Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm talking about depression, I'm talking about the more severe forms of depression, and I think that conceptualising as a form of grief is probably not the most effective way of looking at it. I mean, at the end of the day, people suffer enormously, and you want to treat it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadline, desperate for even the barest essentials. It was a crisis of monumental proportions. It was known as the Great Depression.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020