89 Quotes About Depression-recovery

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.

No matter how good I was, no matter how much I pleaded for it or worked for it, I could never make everyone understand me. If my self-esteem was dependent on other people’s feelings, it would never be under control. I’d be on a ship rocking back and forth between emptiness and salvation, never able to really find my feet. 

What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to live. That's a triumph.

This all raises the question of whether depression is something you can control by simply sucking it up. My answer is no, I don't think you can overcome it with willpower, but I do believe that dealing with depression is a choice that needs to be made. You have to choose to stand up every day and keep going. To reject your default settings.

A positive mindset can be beneficial to your present and future self.

We now know that the “chemical imbalance” hypothesis of depression is false... Aspirin reduces headache symptoms but headaches are not caused by an aspirin deficiency... treating symptoms is not necessarily equivalent to correcting a biological dysfunction.

The time when you feel helpless as if you are in some frustrating prison, discouraged and tired. Everything feels like a hurting nightmare. You feel you are misunderstood in most of the moments and are trying really hard than you feel. All this may be related to depression.

The only thing that is wrong with you, Is you thinking that there is something wrong with you. Love yourself. Accept yourself.

The non-disclosure of emotional pain can be deeply traumatic. It leads to depression. In such situations of vulnerability, one must choose to speak to a person you trust. Someone who could care for you and heal you.