“I was only able to start changing my life when I realized my depression was not a malfunction. It’s a signal. Your depression is a signal. It’s telling you something.” –Johann Hari
“The scientific evidence is clear that exercise significantly reduces depression and anxiety.” –Johann Hari
“The more you think life is about money, and status, and how you look to other people, the more vulnerable you are to depression and anxiety. Just like junk food has taken over our diets, junk values have taken over our minds and made us sick.” –Johann Hari
“It’s okay to worry; it’s okay to be sad. It’s okay to get scared; it’s okay to be mad. It’s okay to embrace our humanity. In fact we don’t have any choice but to be the sensitive, vulnerable creatures we were made to be. Breathe. Let go a bit. It’s okay to be you just as you are.” –Jason Garner
“In meditation we learn that sitting is enough. Breathing is enough. This life is enough. And we’re enough too.” –Jason Garner
“What if we weren’t so hurried to find the answers? What if it was safe to hang out in the unknown? To stumble around in the dark, curious as to what we might find, comfortable in not having it all sorted out. What would we discover about ourselves? About each other? About life?” –Jason Garner
“If you are being gentle with yourself during a difficult time, that is not self-pity. You would show compassion to a friend in pain, even a stranger, so why withhold it from yourself? Don’t. Keep moving.” –Maggie Smith
“For anyone struggling or battling through mental and chronic illness, please please remember that you are so brave even though you might not think it. You are literally fighting for your life, fighting through pain and fighting to get through each day, which makes you so fricking strong.” –Roxxy
“Things to remember: it’s okay to cry, it’s okay to ask for help, you are enough, you matter, bad days happen, you are not alone.” –Mental Health Notes
“In case no one told you today, you are needed, you are stronger than you think, you are doing great, you deserve the best, you are here for a reason, don’t give up.” –Mental Health Notes
“Some lessons can’t be taught, they simply have to be learned.” –Jodi Picoult (Vanishing Acts)
“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.” –Erica Jong
“I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.” –Leo Tolstoy
“Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it.” –Paulo Coelho (Hippie)
“Being depressed is an opportunity to make a new beginning and to take a new direction. Once you accept the fact that for now, you’re stalled and lost, then you can take the first step.” –Maxime Lagacé
“You can’t control what happens to you but you can control how you react and the direction you’ll take.” –Maxime Lagacé
“We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.” –Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)
“Every thought a person dwells upon, whether he expresses it or not, either damages or improves his life.” –Lucy Mallory
“There will always be suffering. But we must not suffer over the suffering.” –Alan Watts ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” –G.K. Chesterton
“The fundamental delusion – there is something out there that will make me happy and fulfilled forever.” –Naval Ravikant
“Whereas pain is a physical experience, suffering is a mental one. It is the sense that things should be other than they are. Its antidote is acceptance.” –Wu Hsin
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.” –Haruki Murakami
“It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value.” –Alain de Botton
“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them we will understand why they were there.” –Paulo Coelho
“You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.” –Hermann Hesse
“Don’t cling to the yesterday. It was beautiful, but it was beautiful yesterday.” –Osho
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” –Rumi
“Depression isn’t a disease; depression is a normal response to abnormal life experiences.” –Johann Hari
“The opposite of play is not work – the opposite of play is depression.” –Stuart Brown
“What people think causes depression: being weak, being lazy, choosing to think negative. What actually causes depression: a loved one dying, trauma, bullying, low self-esteem, body image issues, financial struggles, genetic factors.” –Mental Health Notes
“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.” –Atticus
“Depressed means you need deep rest from the character you’ve been playing in the world.” –Jim Carrey
“Make peace with your past so it won’t destroy your present.” –Paulo Coelho (Hippie)
“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” –Oprah Winfrey
“With depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone.” –Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
“Real change will come about not as a result of prayer, but of using intelligence and taking action.” –14th Dalai Lama
“I have never felt so much pain in my life. It was tough for me to even get out of bed and I had days when I couldn’t walk, let alone write a rhyme.” –Eminem
“You have to take responsibility for your own happiness.” –Reese Witherspoon
“You need to know that part of being strong and tough is having the courage to ask for help when you need it. You must not silently suffer. You are all in this together. And, if I may speak personally, we are all in this together because asking for help was one of the best decisions that I have ever made. You will me continually amazed how life changes for the better.” –Prince Harry
“One of the best things that helps depression is work, and socialising with other people and connecting. Because when you work you find purpose.” –Trevor Noah (The Daily Show)
“I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much dope. I was sitting on the couch and just turning into a doughnut, and I really got irritated with myself. I got to: ‘What’s the point? I know better than this.” –Brad Pitt
“I’ve suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life. I just want these kids to know that this modern thing, where everyone is feeling shallow and less connected…that’s not human.” –Lady Gaga ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.” –Robin Williams
“Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced… It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it’s a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.” –J.K. Rowling ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“I need one of those long hugs where you kinda forget whatever else is happening around you for minute.” –Marilyn Monroe ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“I’ll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.” –Henry Rollins
“People talk about depression all the time. The difference between depression and sadness is sadness is just from happenstance – whatever happened or didn’t happen for you, or grief, or whatever it is. Depression is your body saying f*ck you, I don’t want to be this character anymore, I don’t want to hold up this avatar that you’ve created in the world. It’s too much for me.” –Jim Carrey ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past.” –Hannah ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“I struggled with anxiety and depression and questioned whether or not I wanted to be alive anymore. It was when I hit this low that I decided to reach out and ask for the help of a licensed therapist. This decision ultimately helped save my life. You don’t have to wait for things.” –Michael Phelps
“I don’t feel very much like Pooh today.” –Winnie the Pooh ( 400 Depressing Quotes )
“It’s okay to not be okay.” Unknown
“There’s always a solution.” –Noah Kagan
“Reframing is a super power.” –Rorty Witt
“It won’t always be like this.” –Halley Cornell
“Nothing changes if nothing changes.” –Mel Robbins
“I need a break from my own thoughts.” –Paulo Coelho
“I’m too tired for long explanations.” –Haruki Murakami
“Numb the dark and you numb the light.” –Brené Brown (Daring Greatly)
“Do not stumble on something behind you.” –Seneca
“Real change requires a desire to change.” –Gabby Bernstein
“The soul is healed by being with children.” –Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Today’s hot pain is tomorrow’s cold wisdom.” –The Stoic Emperor
“To heal a wound you must stop scratching it.” –Paulo Coelho
“All of our miseries are nothing but attachment.” –Osho
“The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.” –Sophocles
“When you don’t know what you need, you want everything.” –Thibaut
“The act of releasing your shame is – in itself – healing.” –Johann Hari ( 400 Depressing Quotes )
“Only stepping out of old ruts will bring new insights.” –Andy Grove ( 400 Depressing Quotes )
“I was blaming instead of taking responsibility. I was taking the easy route that led nowhere instead of taking the hard one that led somewhere.” –Maxime Lagacé
“Even lost and alone, I kept moving forward. Even scared and confused, I kept moving forward. In the end, that’s what you must do: keep moving forward.” –Maxime Lagacé ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” –Eckhart Tolle
“Go to the place inside that hurts. The part that’s lonely or sad. Your broken heart. Your bruised ego. The part of you that worries it will always be this way. Go there now and silently repeat: May you be happy. May you be safe. May you be filled with love. You’re not alone.” –Jason Garner
“You’re tired. You’re stressed. You’re mentally and physically drained. You feel alone. Struggling with the present, uncertain of the future. Life sucks right now. You’ll be fine. I promise…It gets better. Just keep moving forward.” –Ralph Napolitano ( 400 Depressing Quotes )
“Don’t attack your problems. Face them, confess them, understand what they are. That is the process.” –Iyanla Vanzant
“Nothing has a hold on your mind that you cannot break free of.” –Iyanla Vanzant
“Nobody else can destroy you except you; nobody else can save you except you.” –Osho
“Reminder – if you feel chronically depressed – try this before you swallow pills: Sunlight, exercise, clean diet, meditation, 8-9 hours of sleep, human interaction. Daily for 2-3 months. There’s a very high chance your depression will get fixed.” –Life Math Money
“It’s not too late to recover. You’re young, you’re tough. You’re adaptable. You can patch up your wounds, lift up your head and move on.” –Haruki Murakami
“You got this. One day at a time. You are resilient, courageous, and capable. Be proud of yourself. It isn’t easy enduring depression/anxiety.” –The Anxiety Man ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“Every day of our lives, we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” –Mignon McLaughlin
“Offer whatever light you can.” –Unknown
“I’m tired. “Go to sleep then”. No, you don’t understand.” –Unknown
“What not to say to someone with anxiety: quit being dramatic, you need to toughen up, you’re just lazy, when are you going to grow up?, pull yourself together. Try one of these instead: I know this is hard for you, take some time, it’s okay, how can I help?” –Mental Health Notes
“Please be aware, I am trying my hardest to push through the pain, the exhaustion and fatigue, the brain fog, the insomnia, the fear, the guilt, the judgement, the relentlessness of it all. All the time.” –Mental Health Notes
“Being depressed, all I needed was someone who could listen to me, believe in me, encourage me, but most of all, understand me.” –Maxime Lagacé ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“How to help people struggling with their mental health: Learn about mental health, go to visit them, give practical support, ask other people to help, listen to them, give them a hug, celebrate their small steps.” –Mental Health Notes
“Listen. Really, really listen if someone opens up to you about their mental health. A response isn’t always needed, but a compassionate ear is.” –The Anxiety Man
“If you have a friend going through a crisis, never say “if I can help, let me know.” It sounds vague, perfunctory. I try to always say: “please tell me what I can do to help: I want to help you.” Friendship is a commitment: always show up in a crisis.” –Johann Hari
“With the right help, we can understand these problems and we can fix these problems together. But to do that, the very first step is we have to stop insulting these signals by saying they’re a sign of weakness, or madness or purely biological, except for a tiny number of people.” –Johann Hari
“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.” –Stephen Fry
“We can’t take away the suffering of others. What we can do is show up for them. And in doing so, take away the pain of having to suffer alone.” –Jason Garner
“It’s okay to not be okay all the time.” –Unknown ( 400 Depressing Quotes )
“If you think you are alone in your problems, you are not alone. There are 7 billion people out there. Someone is going through the same thing.” –Justin Kan
“Go on that journey to discover who you really are, what you love, what you hate, what’s the content of your mind, why you are the way you are. Be curious about your own mind, your fears and your sadness. Meditate and take care of yourself. The more self-knowledge you’ll have, the better you’ll feel.” –Maxime Lagacé
“The people who have already walked through the fire can help you do the same.” –James Clear
“Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them – if you want to.” –J.D. Salinger
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic.” –John Lewis
“If you are depressed or anxious – your pain makes sense. You’re not crazy. You’re not broken. There’s scientific evidence for why people feel this way. There’s a mix of causes – biological, psychological and social. None are your fault and all can be dealt with, with love and support.” –Johann Hari
“No matter how bad things are right now, no matter how stuck you feel, no matter how many days you’ve spent crying and wishing things were different, no matter how hopeless and depressed you feel, I promise you that you won’t feel this way forever. Keep going.” –Helen Wilson ( 350 Depressing Quotes )
“This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don’t get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can’t do anything, don’t get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it’s ready to come undone. You have to figure it’s going to be a long process and that you’ll work on things slowly, one at a time.” –Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)
“If you run away from pain without identifying and solving the underlying issue, you will probably run to exactly the same situation again.” –Justin Kan
“I believe depression is legitimate. But I also believe that if you don’t: exercise, eat nutritious foods, get sunlight, get enough sleep, consume positive material, surround yourself with support, then you aren’t giving yourself a fighting chance.” –Matt Stephens
“When something is too close to your eyes you cannot see it. For seeing, some distance is needed.” –Osho
“Love is the most healing force in the world; nothing goes deeper than love. It heals not only the body, not only the mind, but also the soul. If one can love then all one’s wounds disappear. Then one becomes whole – and to be whole is to be holy.” –Osho
“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.” –Alan Watts
“Much misery comes from our current self not wanting to betray our past self.” –Luca Dellanna
“Suffering is an indication of ignorance, but in seeking an escape from suffering you are only nourishing ignorance.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“We are always trying to build a bridge between ‘what is’ and ‘what should be’. And in that there is contradiction and conflict.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“We are downtrodden by society, by culture, by religions, by priests, by leaders, by saints, and unless you understand this you will never understand fear.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“When you’re ready to wake up, you’re going to wake up. And if you’re not ready, you’re going to stay pretending you’re just “poor little me”.” –Alan Watts
“Most symptoms of depression and anxiety are due to: GMO food, no exercise, sitting all day, disconnect with nature, gossiping, no ambition, lack of sunlight, toxic relationships, victimhood mentality, pleasure seeking. There’s no medication to cure this.” –Ralph Napolitano
“Why people are miserable: lack of purpose, lack of fulfilling relationships, poor self-image, sedentariness, no connection to nature, chasing dopamine highs, no discipline, trash diet, comparing oneself to others, lack of self-respect, scarcity mindset, toxic environment.” –Matt Stephens
“There are real brain changes that can happen when you become depressed that can make it harder to get out.” –Johann Hari
“Many depressed people can only see their pains, and their hurts, and their resentments, and their failures. They can’t see the blue sky and the yellow leaves, you know?” –Bill Richards
“Depression is more than emotion it’s: trouble concentrating and making decisions, constant negative thoughts, fatigue and body aches, irritability and restlessness, feeling empty, loss of interest in everything.” –Mental Health Notes
“Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.” –Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Suffering is not holding you; you are holding suffering.” –Osho
“Frustrations come because we impose our illusions on reality.” –Osho
“In the flame of awareness all problems are finally resolved.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Despair can never be dissolved through escape, but by observing it.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Depression is a gift. The only inconvenient is that you need to wait a few weeks, and sometimes a few years, to appreciate it. Be patient.” –Maxime Lagacé
“The faster you accept reality, the faster you find peace of mind.” –Maxime Lagacé
“Ordinarily we do not discover the wisdom of our feelings because we do not let them complete their work. We try to suppress them or discharge them in premature action. Not realizing that they are a process of creation which, like birth, begins as a pain and turns into a child.” –Alan Watts
“We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we’re in.” –Alan Watts
“The greatest wisdom lies on the other side, immediately on the other side, of the greatest despair.” –Alan Watts
“Buddha’s doctrine: man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep forever things which are impermanent.” –Alan Watts
“If you are depressed, you live in the past. If you are anxious, you live in the future. But if you are at peace, you live in the present.” –Lao Tzu
“Life will give you whatever experience is the most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment.” –Eckhart Tolle
“Our wounds need nurturing care in order to heal. If we are to nurture and heal, we must admit that the wounds exist.” –Iyanla Vanzant
“Meditation can and will order your thinking and therefore your mind. As we heal the wounded places in our minds, we grow.” –Iyanla Vanzant
“Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.” –Pema Chödrön
“Difficult events occur for our spiritual growth. These aren’t meant to be punishment. Beautiful sunset awaits after heavy rain.” –Haemin Sunim
“When you do not get to the root of the problem, you cannot solve it in any meaningful manner.” –Robert Greene
“Not all storms come to disturb your life. Some come to clear your path.” –Unknown
“If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.” –Leo Tolstoy
“Be willing to release those things stored in your heart and mind that are causing you discomfort.” –Iyanla Vanzant
“If you’re constantly in the river you’ll drown. Learn to relax and pause on the shore. We are not evolved to swim 24/7.” –Maxime Lagacé
“There is no end to ever-expanding desire. The mad desire for possessions ever leads to strife and misery.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“We crave for things which create the illusion of security and comfort but which bring us only conflict, confusion and antagonism.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Your inward conflicts express themselves in outward disasters.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Busyness serves as an existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness.” –Thibaut
“Exhaustion is the drug of choice for conscientious anxious people.” –The Stoic Emperor
“Anxiety contaminates the present with the pains of all imaginable futures. We cannot experience the fullness of the moment if we are forever suffering from hypothetical hardships.” –The Stoic Emperor
“A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusion.” –Alan Watts
“Don’t trust your thought when you are depressed. It is highly unlikely that it is true. Whatever you are depressed about won’t last forever.” –Haemin Sunim
“There are two kinds of future concern: desire and fear. They together create a perfect hell.” –The Ancient Sage
“Depression and anxiety are a symptom of too much consumption and too little creation. You were put on this earth to create.” –Bill Masur
“Everyone needs a project. Something they’re building, a skill that raises their value, a mission that improves the world, even if only minutely. A lot of this modern anxiety, depression, and substance abuse could be remedied this way.” –Ed Latimore
“Our epidemics of depression, anxiety and addiction are signals. They are telling us something is going terribly wrong with how we live.” –Johann Hari
“The more you think life is about having stuff and superiority and showing it off, the more unhappy, and the more depressed and anxious, you will be.” –Johann Hari (Lost Connections)
“You deserve to rest. Even if only for a moment. Put down the weight you’re carrying. Let go of the need to keep it all together. Take off your warrior mask. For this moment, now … just breathe.” –Jason Garner
“You may have a million desires to be in other places, doing other things, but you are not there, you are here.” –Zen proverb
“Pain is inevitable as long as you are identified with your mind.” –Eckhart Tolle
“The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That’s the deal.” –C.S. Lewis
“Don’t live your life avoiding pain, but don’t chase it either.” –Ed Latimore
“I was doomed to fail and suffer. As a fool, I based my entire happiness on external factors. As a wise man, I should have found it on internal ones.” –Maxime Lagacé
“Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it – that is what you must do.” –Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.” –Chuck Palahniuk
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” –Laurell K.” –Hamilton
“If you got out of bed today and chose to face the world, I’m proud of you. If you’re still struggling to, I’m rooting for you.” –Upile Chisala
“Depression/anxiety requires a tremendously strong person to endure its pain. You are that person. It may not feel like it, but you are.” –The Anxiety Man
“Strong and independent? I’m neither. I’m just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not.” –Haruki Murakami
“Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.” –Allan Lokos
“There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.” –Ajahn Chah
“If the mind is attentive and does not move away from suffering, you will see that out of total attention comes not only energy but also that suffering comes to an end.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Pretending to not be depressed is more exhausting than the actual depression.” –Unknown
“When you are in pain, you must take responsibility for the elimination of your own pain.” –Iyanla Vanzant
“I’m confused. Really confused. And it’s a lot deeper than you think.” –Haruki Murakami
“When sadness comes, accept it. Listen to its song. It has something to give to you. It has a gift which no happiness can give to you, only sadness can give it.” –Osho
“I didn’t really cry, perhaps I was numb. I guess saying goodbye was my problem.” –Maxime Lagacé
“It’s so difficult to describe depression to someone who’s never been there, because it’s not sadness.” –J.K. Rowling
“Depression is melancholy minus its charms – the animation, the fits.” –Susan Sontag
“The urge for the repetition of an experience however pleasant, beautiful, fruitful, is the soil in which sorrow grows.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
“I, too, remember that feeling. You are caught between all that was and all that must be. You feel lost.” –Haruki Murakami (Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World)
“Have you ever had that feeling – that you’d like to go to a whole different place and become a whole different self?” –Haruki Murakami (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle)
“There comes a point where you no longer care if there’s a light at the end of the tunnel or not. You’re just sick of the tunnel.” –Ranata Suzuki
“I cried hysterically when I was depressed. It was one of my main symptoms. It felt like the only way to rid the pain. My deeply rooted male ego doesn’t want me to say that right now. But I will. It’s the truth. Being vulnerable is strong.” –The Anxiety Man (@RealAnxietyMan)
“Sometimes it takes sadness to know happiness, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value presence.” –Unknown
“Remember always that whatsoever is happening around you is rooted in the mind. Mind is always the cause. It is the projector, and outside there are only screens – you project yourself. If you feel it is ugly then change the mind.” –Osho
“I might think I can’t take it any more, that I can’t go on any more, but one way or another I get past that.” –Haruki Murakami
“Autumn finally arrived. And when it did, I came to a decision. Something had to give: I couldn’t keep on living like this.” –Haruki Murakami
“Life begins on the other side of despair.” –Jean-Paul Sartre (Nausea)
“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” –Winnie the Pooh
“Sometimes, when I say “I am ok”, I want someone to hold me tight, look me in the eyes and say “No, I know you are not”.” –Paulo Coelho (Hippie)
“Going through anxiety or depression or any other psychological condition doesn’t make you unlovable – it makes you human.” –Seth J. Gillihan
“All obstacles that are perceived with love can transform into the greatest life lessons.” –Gabby Bernstein
“Never lose hope. This life is worth the struggle. Your future self is pleading with you to stay. You are more than your thoughts. You are more than your fears and stronger than you give yourself credit for”.– The Anxiety Man
“If you are depressed and anxious, the main thing I want to tell you is: your pain makes sense. It has meaning. You aren’t a machine with broken parts. You are a human being with unmet needs. Don’t let anyone tell you you’re crazy or broken. You deserve love and practical support.” –Johann Hari
“Being deluded and scared will make you suffocate. Being honest with yourself and responsible will make you breathe.” –Maxime Lagacé