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Depression quotes

Below are the best quotes we could find on Depression.

Depression is one of life’s many misunderstood challenges. More than just a period of feeling sad or down, it is a painful experience of disconnection that affects millions, each of us differently. Depression brings with it feelings of hopelessness, unworthiness, and dissatisfaction. It can arise from situational and biological factors and last for short or long periods. The good news is that whatever the cause, there are many small (and large!) ways we can help our brains and minds reconnect to our vibrant lives.

If you or someone you know is in immediate need of support, please seek professional help. If you are in crisis, here are some immediate free resources.

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FindCenterDepression is also smaller than you. Always, it is smaller than you, even when it feels vast. It operates within you, you do not operate within it. It may be a dark cloud passing across the sky but - if that is the metaphor - you are the sky. You were there before it.

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Matt Haig
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FindCenterWhen what seems to be depression or compulsive eating or narcissism or despair or discouragement or resentment or isolation takes over, try picturing it as a vulnerable and desperate force seeking to defy God’s grace and mercy in your life.

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Nadia Bolz-Weber
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FindCenterThe word ‘depressed’ is spoken phonetically as ‘deep rest.’ We can view depression not as a mental illness, but on a deeper level, as a profound, and very misunderstood, state of deep rest, entered into when we are completely exhausted by the weight of our own identity.

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Jeff Foster
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FindCenterAnd that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever.

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Matt Haig
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FindCenterYou can be a depressive and be happy, just as you can be a sober alcoholic.

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Matt Haig
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FindCenterI did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath.

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Dante Alighieri
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FindCenterLife always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment.

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Charlotte Joko Beck
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FindCenterHe who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

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Confucius
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FindCenterIf you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.

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Anne Lamott
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FindCenterAnything that tends to make us elated is inevitably going to throw us into depression.

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Eknath Easwaran
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