Quotes by Depressed Person One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is a ludicrous condition to feel so disabled by the ordinary business of quotidian life. Andrew Solomon depressed-person ordinary lost Definitely not-you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up.It makes us sick." Brandon Sanderson(Elantris) Brandon Sanderson depressed-person sick cheer The Failure of Will theory is equally popular with people who are not depressed. Get out and take your mind off yourself, they say. You're too self-absorbed. This is just about the stupidest thing you can say to a depressed person, and it is said every day to depressed people all over this country. And if it isn't that, it's Shut up and take your Prozac. Chase Twichell depressed-person depression country The depressed person was in terrible and unceasing pain, and the impossibility of sharing or articulating this pain was itself a component of the pain and a contributing factor in its essential horror. David Foster Wallace depressed-person essentials pain Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude — even dishonor and betrayal — to real possibility? This may not seem to be the choice, but it is: complete self-effacement, surrender to the “others,” disavowal of any personal dignity or freedom — on the one hand; and freedom and independence, movement away from the others, extrication of oneself from the binding links of family and social duties-on the other hand. This is the choice that the depressed person actually faces. Ernest Becker depressed-person betrayal real I have been a depressed person most of m life. I was always in the throes of self-hatred. Eve Ensler depressed-person hate self Overly positive, horrendously cheerful people can make a depressed person even more depressed. In fact, perhaps the least helpful thing one can say to a depressed person is, "Cheer up!" Harold H. Bloomfield depressed-person cheer depression While each of us ... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person. Harry Emerson Fosdick depressed-person depression needs The depressed person is a radical, sullen atheist. Julia Kristeva depressed-person sullen atheist We can affect people around us so much with our moods. A depressed person can make a room gloomy and a sweet nature can cause the lion to lie down with the lamb. Polly Horvath depressed-person sweet lying I think I've gotten a pretty fair shake in the music press over the years. The only think that kind of irks me is when people assume that I must be really depressed person because they find my songs to be sad. Thalia Zedek depressed-person song thinking