describing depression etc
I'm answering a Help Wanted question for BAT about depression - here's a bunch of quotes that are helping me think through my answer
describing depression etc
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Helpful tips, do’s and don’t’s for supporting friends & fam
Sam Liebeskind and • 4 cards
"Sadness will not kill you. Depression won’t, either. But fighting it will. Ignoring it will."
— Brianna Wiest
— Brianna Wiest
The complaint of the depressive individual, “Nothing is possible,” can only occur in a society that thinks, “Nothing is impossible.”
Byung-Chul Han • The Burnout Society - Byung-Chul Han
Hatred is depressing—it is of course depressing to be hated, but it is also depressing to hate. The erosion of the social safety net means that more and more people are at a sudden breaking point, and there are few messages of authentic comfort to offer them in these pitiless times. One is done in by disease, by isolation and despair, and by life c
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This is meant to be an interactive flow chart for people who struggle with self care, executive dysfunction, and/or who have trouble reading internal signals. It's designed to take as much of the weight off of you as possible, so each decision is very easy and doesn't require much judgment.
Set aside some time--maybe an hour total- to allow yourself... See more
Set aside some time--maybe an hour total- to allow yourself... See more
You feel like shit.
Everyday life generates feelings of despair and anxiety which become internalized and labeled as depression. In therapy culture, these feelings are traced back to childhood trauma or medicalized as a biochemical disorder located outside the individual’s control. But these frameworks do not account for the socio-political forces of depression, which... See more
Rio Roye — A Public Feeling
“All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.”
At the time Switters had disputed her assertion. Even at seventeen, he was aware that depression could have chemical causes.
“The key word here is roots,” Maestra had countered. “The roots of depression. For most people, self-awareness ... See more
At the time Switters had disputed her assertion. Even at seventeen, he was aware that depression could have chemical causes.
“The key word here is roots,” Maestra had countered. “The roots of depression. For most people, self-awareness ... See more
Depression Quotes (5285 quotes)
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."
[ Modernism's Patriarch ( Time Magazine , June 10, 1996)]”
― Robert Hughes
[ Modernism's Patriarch ( Time Magazine , June 10, 1996)]”
― Robert Hughes