I am happy to be sad.”― 250.
Who looks inside, awakens.” — 163. “Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one’s own skilled action.”― 145. Be there for them when they come through the other side. “Even when the world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.” – 134. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you’ve just wandered off the path, that you’ll find your way back to the trailhead any moment now.
I think to myself, wow, it’s been 14 years since Dad died. I grieve for our beautiful planet and, having recently reached the conclusions I mentioned, have fallen into a kind of a funk where it’s hard for me to write or do much of anything productive.I’m working throught it. So how different can we be?” ~ Mitch Albom“Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.” ~ Desmond MorrisThe day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. No More Bombs. “At heart, I have always been a coper, I’ve mostly been able to walk around with my wounds safely hidden, and I’ve always stored up my deep depressive episodes for the weeks off when there was time to have an abbreviated version of a complete breakdown.But in the end, I’d be able to get up and on with it, could always do what little must be done to scratch by.” ― 44.
“You’re fucked. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. “There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don’t seem to help.”- 239.
“Because that’s the thing about depression. “Even when I try to stir myself up, I just get irritated because I can’t make anything come out.
“Every day of our lives, we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” – 225. Because we do feel sorry for ourselves, it’s what Genesis is all about.”70. If someone goes to the trouble of wishing me a happy birthday or giving me a cake or gift, I try to accept it graciously and appreciate that people are thinking of me and wishing me well. Life is enough on it’s own, it’s enough tragedy that you need to wake up everyday.
Caught by nothing, saying nothing, nothingness becomes me.
The following may help fight off birthday depression: 1.
Depression is all about If you loved me you would.” –28. “I wondered why I couldn’t go the whole way doing what I should any more.
It helps to know that you are not alone in your journey.
“No matter how dark the night may get, your light will never burn out.”246.
And in the middle of the night 81. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive. “It is okay to admit that your wounds are still open. “Some catastrophic moments invite clarity, explode in split moments: You smash your hand through a windowpane and then there is blood and shattered glass stained with red all over the place; you fall out a window and break some bones and scrape some skin. “Don’t let your struggle become your identity.” – 117.
One day at a time.
But these experiences carry with them feelings.Depression, instead, is flat, hollow, and unendurable. “Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.” — 121. “A scar had been beaten into his mind which would only heal by experience.”― 244. It becomes a comfort. One is not helpless.”82.
“Take control of your emotions before your emotions take control of you.”― 245. It takes time.” – 164. I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been.” ― 55. I think I know.” ― 46.
#2: Seeing you turn one year older takes me back to all the sweet memories we have shared over the years and how we have stood by each other amidst the greatest storms.
“I’m the girl who is lost in space, the girl who is disappearing always, forever fading away and receding farther and farther into the background. “I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow.There was shadow in bureau drawers and closets and suitcases, and shadow under houses and trees and stones, and shadow at the back of people’s eyes and smiles, and shadow, miles and miles and miles of it, on the night side of the earth.” ― 61. People forgive, but it is best not to stir things up to the point at which forgiveness is required.When you are depressed, you need the love of other people, and yet depression fosters actions that destroy that love. A few studies have shown that there are perks that come with aging.
I feel like one of the luckiest people in the world for being part of your life! Happy Birthday quotes for a friend to make them feel special. “When you’re lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. Or amnesia.
~ Allan Rufus“What they don’t understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that when you’re eleven, you’re also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one.” ~ Sandra Cisneros“If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death.
The man falling isn’t permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. It’s not a very likely possibility.” ― 102.