“That’s the thing I want to make clear about depression: It’s got nothing at all to do with life. In the course of life, there is sadness and pain and sorror, all of which, in their right time and season, are normal—unpleasant, but normal. Depression is an altogether different zone because it involves a complete […]
Category: Wednesday’s Quote
Wednesday’s Quote: Sadie Turner
“People often say “Just look for the silver lining.” But what do you say to the person surrounded by fog? They don’t see a fluffy object in the sky, blocking the sun for a moment or two. But instead, they see everything as it was before, but through the murky, un-clarity of hopelessness. As if […]
Wednesday’s Quote: D.D. Barant
“I’ve got a bad case of the 3:00 am guilts – you know, when you lie in bed awake and replay all those things you didn’t do right? Because, as we all know, nothing solves insomnia like a nice warm glass of regret, depression and self-loathing.” – D.D. Barant, Dying Bites
Wednesday’s Quote: Stanley Victor Paskavich
“Saying I don’t take my meds because they make me feel funny. Is like cannibals saying they don’t eat clowns because the taste funny” – Stanley Victor Paskavich
Wednesday’s Quote: Marty Rubin
“We all talk to ourselves. Those we call mad just talk a little louder.” – Marty Rubin
Wednesday’s Quote: Carrie Fisher
“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, […]
Wednesday’s Quote: Laura Davis
“Although healing brings a better life, it also threatens to permanently alter life as you’ve known it. Your relationships, your position in the world, even your sense of identity may change. Coping patterns that have served you for a lifetime will be called into question. When you make the commitment to heal, you risk losing […]
Wednesday’s Quote: Noam Shpancer
mental health… is not a destination but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going. The therapist is like a driving instuctor, not a chauffeur.” – Noam Shpancer, The Good Psychologist
Wednesday’s Quote: Alyssa Reyans
“The doctor’s words made me understand what happened to me was a dark, evil, and shameful secret, and by association I too was dark, evil, and shameful. While it may not have been their intention, this was the message my clouded mind received. To escape the confines of the hospital, I once again disassociated myself […]
Wednesday’s Quote : Rev. Peter Morales
“Believe it or not, depressed people spend enormous amounts of energy to cheer up. Events in their lives did not make them depressed. They were not depressed because their lives were hell — their lives were hell because they were depressed.” – Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association