Welcome to our curated collection of Depression Quotes. Depression is a complex and often misunderstood mental health condition that affects millions of individuals worldwide. It can be a challenging journey, and sometimes, finding solace and understanding in the words of others who have experienced similar emotions can provide comfort and inspiration. In this compilation, we have gathered a range of quotes from various authors, poets, and thinkers, all touching upon the theme of depression. Whether you are seeking words of empathy, motivation, or simply a means to express your own feelings, you’ll find a diverse selection of quotes below that can be used in various ways to resonate with your own experiences.
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Many of depression’s symptoms – exhaustion, insomnia, nausea, headaches, weight loss, weight gain – are physical ailments. Gayle Forman
A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people. Lilly Singh
I don’t think of depression as contagious. Other depressed people challenge the idea – which can be very persistent and irritating – that there is something odd about you: that you are unique with regard to this wretched state. Spike Milligan
Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have a profound impact on my intellectual and professional career. Lawrence R. Klein
Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind. James Hillman
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm. Murray Gell-Mann
I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men’s lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn’t been. Claire Forlani
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression, and anxiety. Loneliness is also associated with a shorter lifespan. Vivek Murthy
That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key. Elizabeth Wurtzel
I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse. Leonard Cohen
The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression. William Vickrey
I had suffered from depression in my childhood. Roland Orzabal
Growing up during the Depression, I worked for the Forest Service and CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps). I tend to work very, very hard. I wouldn’t change that for anything. Raymond Burr
A problem shared is a problem halved, but as with so many problems affecting women – periods, menopause, post-natal depression – we often feel embarrassed, as if we’re moaning or just plain wrong to air them. Konnie Huq
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. Gary Larson
Mental health can be just as important as physical health – and major depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses. Michael Greger
My character had been in the chair for seven years. He had gone through his anger, depression, drug and alcohol abuse. He had gone through everything, now he was up, he was happy, he was filled with his dream. Gregory Hines
I’ve had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat. Christopher Hitchens
When I believe, I am crazy. When I don’t believe, I suffer psychotic depression. Philip K. Dick
People who fail to use their emotional intelligence skills are more likely to turn to other, less effective means of managing their mood. They are twice as likely to experience anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and even thoughts of suicide. Travis Bradberry
Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward. Gloria Steinem
The one question I would have for Donald Trump is inspired by his ‘Make America Great Again’ cap. I would ask him, ‘When was America great? When did America not have an economic depression or a war?’ Tech N9ne
The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. Milton Friedman
Oh, sure, we have another world war coming, and another great depression, but where are the leaders this time? Kurt Vonnegut
Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary. Dolly Parton
We often joke about men moaning about being ill, whether it’s man flu or anything else. We want them to be silent and strong about these things. And that’s quite dangerous when it comes to depression, because talking about it helps. People bottle it up until it’s too late. Matt Haig
Depression is melancholy minus its charms – the animation, the fits. Susan Sontag
Depression is the inability to construct a future. Rollo May
The Panic of 1819 exerted a profound effect on American economic thought. As the first great financial depression, similar to a modern expansion-depression pattern, the panic heightened interest in economic problems, and particularly those problems related to the causes and cures of depressed conditions. Murray Rothbard
Facts are facts: No president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses or deeper problems from his predecessor. But President Obama is moving America forward, not back. Martin O’Malley
In general, the more food we eat in its natural state – without additives – and the less it is refined, the healthier it will be for us. Food can affect the mind, and deficiencies of certain elements in the body can promote mental depression. Ezra Taft Benson
To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. Helena Blavatsky
The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything – meals, jobs, clothing. Tom Brokaw
If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come. Franklin D. Roosevelt
It’s depression. You can’t put it into words. You get stuck and time passes by. I’m stood there on the edge of a cliff, can’t go back and can’t go forward. Days go by. I’m still in the same place. Everyone else’s life goes on, but you’re stuck. You try and try and try and I don’t know how, but you came out of it eventually. Kell Brook
Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work. Pat Buchanan
By 1939, the Depression was back. Unemployment was huge. Roosevelt didn’t have any quick fix. Remember, the New Deal, Works Progress Administration, and Civilian Conservation Corps – all that happened years before. Roosevelt was riding a storm. Gore Vidal
I was so sure ‘Doli Saja Ke Rakhna’ would do well, but when it didn’t I lapsed into depression. Priyadarshan
After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson’s bold vision for westward expansion for America. Russ Carnahan
I think if there’s a great depression there might be some hope. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day. Richard Louv
During the Great Depression, levels of crime actually dropped. During the 1920s, when life was free and easy, so was crime. During the 1930s, when the entire American economy fell into a government-owned alligator moat, crime was nearly non-existent. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy was excellent, crime rose again. Ben Shapiro
I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. Herbert Hoover
Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth. Bo Burnham
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. Pythagoras
As a young man, I lived through the Great Depression, when banks failed and so many lost their jobs and homes and went hungry. I was fortunate to have a job at a canning factory that paid 25 cents an hour. James E. Faust
There is a direct correlation between gardening and mental health, not just to maintain good mental health but to repair it as well – that’s anything in the gamut from depression to serious brain damage, schizophrenia or autism. Monty Don
America’s peak years of indigenous innovation ran from the 1820s to the 1960s. There were a few financial panics and two depressions, to be sure. But in this period, a frenzy of creative activity, economic competition and rapid growth in national income provided widening economic inclusion, rising wages for all, and engaging careers for most. Edmund Phelps
There isn’t anybody out there who doesn’t have a mental health issue, whether it’s depression, anxiety, or how to cope with relationships. Having OCD is not an embarrassment anymore – for me. Just know that there is help and your life could be better if you go out and seek the help. Howie Mandel
I love night time, it’s the time I feel the world stops and my depression subsides. Darren Hayes
I don’t fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach. Mary Roach
I suffer from anxiety, moments of depression. I’m in my head so much, and I’m thinking so much, I’m playing a tug-of-war within my mind. Khalid
Each person’s drive to overwork is unique, and doing too much numbs every workaholic’s emotions differently. Sometimes overwork numbs depression, sometimes anger, sometimes envy, sometimes sexuality. Or the overworker runs herself ragged in a race for attention. Arlie Russell Hochschild
We know how to treat depression, we know how to treat mental illness, and we have not had the political will in our country to make it happen. Rosalynn Carter
People talk about physical fitness, but mental health is equally important. I see people suffering, and their families feel a sense of shame about it, which doesn’t help. One needs support and understanding. I am now working on an initiative to create awareness about anxiety and depression and help people. Deepika Padukone
World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man. Jon Meacham
An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadline, desperate for even the barest essentials. It was a crisis of monumental proportions. It was known as the Great Depression. Kathi Appelt
What I found with depression was that it occurred when I was lying dormant, when I had nothing better to do. Bugzy Malone
There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that’s really what gives life’s true meaning. Ben Carson
I did not throw out my education lightly, but what I was being taught was of no use in explaining what I saw around me. It was the Great Depression. Paul Samuelson
It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it. There is no off switch. Matt Haig
Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13. Larry Elder
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. Dodie Smith
Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future. Swami Sivananda
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward! Thomas A. Edison
I often say that the opposite of depression is not happiness but vitality. Andrew Solomon
You don’t think in depression that you’ve put on a gray veil and are seeing the world through the haze of a bad mood. You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you’re seeing truly. Andrew Solomon
It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours. Harry S Truman
Arthritis, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, depression – all of those diseases are a result of our neglected biochemistry. We need to be stimulated to help fight disease. Cold is a great stimulator. Wim Hof
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. Rumi
When I am not acting, I am in depression, and then I do depression management. Akshaye Khanna
Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I’ve made that commitment for my life’s sake and for the sake of those who love me. Susan Polis Schutz
I grew up in the Great Depression, and the jazz artists and Dixieland musicians were at the core of our communications and enjoyment. They were not passing fancies. They are something that is, and will be, listened to again and again. I have a space of reverence for some of those old jazz stars such as Sydney Bechet and Louis Armstrong. Harry Belafonte
Perhaps the saddest irony of depression is that suicide happens when the patient gets a little better and can again function sufficiently. Dick Cavett
I’m broken from the inside. The depression that has slowly eaten away at me has finally consumed me, and I couldn’t beat it. Kim Jong-hyun
I feel for everybody that goes through it because depression is real, and it doesn’t take much to put you in that state of mind to where you think everybody’s against you, you’re up against the world and that’s not true. Bubba Wallace
I’d definitely say I’m a depressive, someone who suffers from depression. Richard Ashcroft
Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement. Joyce Meyer
Positive emotion alienated from the exercise of character leads to emptiness, to inauthenticity, to depression, and, as we age, to the gnawing realization that we are fidgeting until we die. Martin Seligman
The problem with my mind is it sways from side to side. The idea of me fantasizing about becoming an actor quickly led to depression. ‘No, it was never going to happen to me.’ I was a sixteen-year-old kid on the other side of the world from where they made movies. Scottish actors never really got play. There was Sean Connery, and that was it. Gerard Butler
It’s hard to talk about childhood trauma. It’s hard to talk about depression. It’s hard to talk about anxiety. And we thought – I wonder if we just open up our subconscious and the things that we think about and hide from people every day and just let them come out in some of these lyrics. Benji Madden
‘Melancholy’ is prettier than ‘depression’; it connotes a kind of nocturnal grace. Makes one feel more innocently beleaguered. Margo Jefferson
When I was a deacon, the ominous signs of the Great Depression began to appear. Tens of thousands lost their jobs. Money was scarce. Families had to do without. Some young people did not ask their mothers, ‘What’s for dinner?’ because they knew all too well that their cupboards held very little. Joseph B. Wirthlin
I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn’t enough money to take care of the most basic of needs. Wayne Dyer
Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home. Shawn Amos
When my marriage broke up… I had just put on 45 pounds for my ‘Shall We Dance?’ character. I had to eat 10,000 calories a day just to put on weight while training with Tony Dovolani. I basically stayed in bed for a six-month rotation of depression naps. Dance helped me lose the weight. Lisa Ann Walter
If you don’t think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days. Kris Carr
Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depressions in the world consciousness. Dewitt Bodeen
I grew up in New York City during the Depression. My earliest recollections were of my parents talking about what they would do if they didn’t have the rent money. Luckily, we were never evicted. But my father was unemployed most of the time. Stan Lee
The five stages – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
In the heart of the Great Depression, millions of American workers did something they’d never done before: they joined a union. Emboldened by the passage of the Wagner Act, which made collective bargaining easier, unions organized industries across the country, remaking the economy. James Surowiecki
I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you’re not alone. Dwayne Johnson
My parents were children during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it scarred them. Especially my father, who saw destitution in his Brooklyn, New York neighborhood; adults standing in so called ‘bread lines,’ children begging in the streets. Bill O’Reilly
Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don’t care whose fault it is, it’s the truth. John Mellencamp
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. Ronald Reagan
The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic. Barry Eichengreen
I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn’t look at her. I couldn’t hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die. Brooke Shields
Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy. Matt Lucas
I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression. Lou Holtz
