4 Quotes by Elif Shafak about depression

  • Author Elif Shafak
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    No reason to feel depressed about being depressed. A depression can be a golden opportunity to collect the pieces and build ourselves anew. Global Souls are always on the move, nomads at heart, connected to various cities, commuters between cultures, both from here and everywhere.

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    Not only are the depressed in a different place but their relationship to time is also warped. Depression recognizes only one time slot-the past-and only one manner of speech: “If only.” People who are depressed have very little contact with the present moment. They live persistently in their memories, resurrecting all that has come and gone. Like a hamster on a wheel or a snake that has swallowed its tail, they are stuck in a roundabout of gloom

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    Is that what depression is about-the sinking feeling that your connection to God is broken and you are left to float on your own in a liquid black space, like an astronaut who has been cut loose from his spaceship and all that linked him to Earth?

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  • Author Elif Shafak
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    لا يمسي المكتئبون في مكان آخر و حسب، بل حتي علاقتهم بالوقت تصبح مشوهة. لا يرتب الاكتئاب سوي قطعة واحدة من الوقت: الماضيز ولا يبدأ الحديث سوي بمفتتح واحد: ماذا لو؟اتصال المكتئبين بالحاضر ضعيف، انهم يعيشون بشكل متصل في ذكرياتهم ،يحيون كل ما جاء و رحل . مثل فأر يركض داخل دولاب دوار ، أو ثعبان ابتلع زيله، انهم عالقون في دائرة من الأسي.

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