33 Quotes About Being Depressed

Learning to live with depression can be a difficult to deal with. These quotes about being depressed will give you the encouragement you need to change your feelings and recover emotionally.

“A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people.”

“A period of darkness is essential in order to expand personal awareness. Experiencing sadness and loss makes a person appreciative of life, more tenderhearted, and open to living life as an ecstatic journey of discovery.”

“Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.”

“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.”

“Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn’t been.”

“Depression is the inability to construct a future.”

“What people never understand is that depression isn’t about the outside; it’s about the inside.”

“Depression weighs you down like a rock in a river. You don’t stand a chance. You can fight and pray and hope you have the strength to swim, but sometimes, you have to let yourself sink.”

“Depression, for me, has been a couple of different things – but the first time I felt it, I felt helpless, hopeless, and things I had never felt before. I lost myself and my will to live.”

“Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.”

“I am not using my depression as an excuse. Trust me, I’d give anything to function “normally” on a day to day basis.”

“I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone.”

“I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.”

“I wanted to write down exactly what I felt but somehow the paper stayed empty and I could not have described it any better.”

“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”

“In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.”

“It feels like everyone else is moving on with their lives while I am stuck here, in this hole that I can’t climb out of.”

“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.”

“It’s so much more angry in my head than it could ever be outside.”

“I’ve had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.”

“No one realizes how strong someone with depression has to be just to do daily stuff like shower, brush hair or get out of bed.”

“When depression takes over and I can’t push through it, I have to close my door and shut the world out. It’s the only way I know how to survive.”

“Sleep just isn’t sleep anymore, it’s an escape.”

“The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything – meals, jobs, clothing.”

“There are people who confuse regret with depression.”

“There comes a point where you no longer care if there’s a light at the end of the tunnel or not. You’re just sick of the tunnel.”

“Today my forest is dark. The trees are sad and all the butterflies have broken wings.”

“When money becomes your purpose, stress and depression becomes your path.”

“When you realize you don’t matter, the world becomes inconsequential and claustrophobic. You feel trapped inside your body, and your mind.”

“When you suffer from depression I’m tired means a permanent state of exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix.”

“When you’re depressed you don’t control your thoughts, your thoughts control you. I wish people would understand this.”

“Whenever I have a good few months and I think I’ve gotten over the worst on my depression, it silently returns. This isn’t a battle I asked to fight. I’m tired of knowing it’s always coming back.”

“You largely constructed your depression. It wasn’t given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.”

Dealing with depression can be difficult to contend with. Finding the self confidence you need to surpass all obstacles will help you reach more stable ground.