35 Quotes About Bipolar Depression

Many people battle with bipolar disorder leading to feelings of depression and sadness. These quotes about bipolar depression capture some of the struggles that exist internally and externally.

“Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It’s a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.”

“Bipolar disorder it’s a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.”

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”

“Even when I’m in a really great, steady and stable place…I’m clinically bipolar, so that always exists – a darkness always exists.”

“Happiness is what greases the wheels of life, what opens the floodgates, raises the sun, aligns the stars, beats your heart, finds true love.”

“Having bipolar disorder does not mean you are broken, it means you are strong and brave for battling you mind every single day.”

“Hope is what keeps you going, but hope keeps you focused on the future, and this continued focus perpetuates your denial of the Now and therefore your unhappiness.”

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge; myth is more potent than history; dreams are more powerful than facts; hope always triumphs over experience; laughter is the cure for grief; love is stronger than death. ”

“I constantly feel like i’m in war with myself.”

“I just always wanted to study human behavior because every psychologist that I would talk to would tell me I was bipolar, and I know I’m not bipolar, so I had to perform a psychoanalysis on myself to find out that I have unresolved grief.”

“I just have this happy personality and a sad soul in one body. It feels weird sometimes.”

“I need them to be aware and present with me in the midst of the storm, not just tell me what to do.”

“I think one thing is that anybody who’s had to contend with mental illness – whether it’s depression, bipolar illness or severe anxiety, whatever – actually has a fair amount of resilience in the sense that they’ve had to deal with suffering already, personal suffering.”

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore”

“I’m open about having bipolar disorder. I’m open about being of mixed race. I’m open about being bisexual, and I have this wantingness to talk about it, and for me, it’s about more than being a role model for any specific community.”

“It is both a blessing and a curse to feel everything so very deeply.”

“It seems like everybody’s perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it’s overpaid, overrated; to another group, it’s underpaid, underrated, underdog. It’s funny to me because there’s no real balance.”

“It was her chaos that made her beautiful.”

“Life is like a piano; the white keys represent happiness and the black show sadness. But as you go through life’s journey, remember that the black keys also create music.”

“Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.”

“Love has, at its best, made the inherent sadness of life bearable, and its beauty manifest.”

“Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.”

“People with bipolar disorder have difficulty with boundaries.”

“Some days, I feel everything at once. Other days, I feel nothing at all. I don’t know what’s worse, drowning beneath the waves, or dying from the thirst.”

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”

“Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.”

“The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it’s now more commonly called, is that it’s about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one’s a depressive. The point is, one’s a manic-depressive.”

“These diseases, both alcoholism and addiction, much like bipolar or depression and different illnesses, are still not seen as real diseases. People shy away from seeking help because it’s viewed as being somewhat morally off the path, that they’ve lost their way.”

“This mind of mine is deeper than most people care to swim.”

“Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.”

“Time will pass; these moods will pass; and I will eventually, be myself again.”

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”

“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.”

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”

There are many stigmas attached to bipolar depression. Understanding the state of this condition will allow you to better adapt to the environment.