The parts of my mind that apply logic and understanding had somehow abandoned me, and something primitive and instinctual took control.

Every day you feel like you can’t control the forces affecting your fate-your job,the government,your addiction,your depression,your money. So you stage micro-revolts. You customise your ringtone,you paint your room,you collect stamps. You choose.Choices,even small ones,can...

For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.

What happened? Who killed me?

We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not: but immediately we arise we find He is...

What came first, the music or the misery? Did I listen to music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy...

Diversion is pernicious to depressives. Our lives are like waking dreams–correction, nightmares–where monsters chase us, never breaking off pursuit in order to rest or to eat or to look for easier prey. Diversion prevents us...

With God as my witness and love as my guide, I did all the best that I could. I’m sorry I wasn’t everything you ever wanted. I’m sorry I wasn’t enough. If I could only...

Sometimes I just think depression’s one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there’s so much stuff out there that you have...

Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief.

There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.

Whenever I get that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman.

I never want a girl to lose all hope that her life can’t completely turn around, even if she feels that she is at the edge, standing on one foot, and ready to say goodbye.

Mental Health is measured though motivation to live; the more plans you have and the more significant they are, the more healthy you are.

Just a second of her laughter can get me through the darkest day.

No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias and depressions. I need both. It is an odd thing,...

He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

Can you admit on here that you have an affliction for millions of other people to see? Then that is great and a huge step towards your recovery.

Depression can be a form of self hatred. We don’t feel comfortable in our own skin.

It’s all about self-discipline. Like, self-obsession is connected completely with self-loathing, and it’s the same with, if you’ve got a weight problem. It’s all about… finding some worth in yourself, knowing that you’ve got the...

There’s been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn’t be able to get out of.

I swear, with Chloe Bear once again as my witness…That my problems and failures will not stop me, nor will they dictate who I am.That I will continue to be my own person.That life is...

The depressed person is mired in the past; the manic person is obsessed with the future. Both destroy the present in the process.

No matter how “normal” people look, living “ordinary” lives, everyone has a story to tell. And may be, just like you, everyone else is a misfit too.

In her glamorous quest for the darkest light and the lowest high, she now found herself wallowing on the bottom of a filthy garbage bin.

Take it from me, that kind of torment causes you to retreat to a place in your mind where you are so strong that nothing and no one can bother you. Or so you think!...

True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you.

Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others– it only changes yours.

Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn’t have this guilt – the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it.