Best Depression Quotes and Learn How to Deal With Depression

 

Depression quotes help you express and cope with your feelings. Depression is a serious medical condition that affects the way you behave, feel, and think. It causes a loss of interest in daily activities and even activities you once enjoyed. One in every 15 people suffer from depression in a year and one in six may experience it in a lifetime (APA, 2013)

Depression is a difficult concept and not everyone understands it. The ones who suffer or have suffered through this clinical illness know the emotions and feelings that run through them. Seeing other people not understand can make you feel a lot more frustrated. At times others may say that  ‘it s all an act’ and ‘it is all in your mind’ which can worsen depression.

To overcome depression, you may require help from trained professionals. You can get online counseling for depression from the comfort of your home and convenience. An online psychologist can help using proper treatment plans tailored for you.

Quotes About Depression

Here are 100+ depression quotes to help you express and connect with some of your feelings:

Depression Quote 1

“I want to take a nap. I am not tired or sleepy, I just don t want to be awake.” -Unknown.

Depression Quote 2

“The worst kind of sad is not being able to explain why.” -Unknown.

Depression Quote 3

“Keeping a lot to myself, because it is hard to find someone who understands”- Unknown.

Depression Quote 4

“I am fading away, and no one is noticing”- Unknown.

Depression Quote 5

“It is that feeling when you are not necessarily sad, but just really empty”- Unknown.

Depression Quote 6

“My forest is dark, the trees are sad, and all the butterflies have broken wings.”- Raine Cooper.

Depression Quote 7

“My thoughts are destroying me. I try not to think, but the silence is a killer too.”- Unknown

Depression Quote 8

“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It’s always there though.”- Jeffery Eugenides.

Depression Quote 9

“I wanted to talk about it. Damn it. I wanted to scream. I wanted to yell. I wanted to shout. But all I could was whisper “I’m fine.”- Unknown.

Depression Quote 10

"Depression is being color-blind and constantly told how colorful the world is.”-Atticus

Depression Quote 11

“We repeat what we don’t repair”-Unknown.

Depression Quote 12

“Stop trying to calm the storm, calm yourself, the storm will pass”.- Unknown

Depression Quote 13

“In the darkest time, I have always believed, the light will shine.” – Laila Akita

Depression Quote 14

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.” -Unknown

Depression Quote 15

“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer”- Albert Camus

Depression Quote 16

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” –Dan Millman

Depression Quote 17

“Everything that drowned me taught me how to swim.”- Jenim Dibie

Depression Quote 18

“Sometimes I just think depression’s one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, and some people get depressed. Because there’s so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it.” — Ned Vizzini

Depression Quote 19

“You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn t mean you re defective, it just means you re human.” — David Mitchell

Depression Quote 20

“I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone.” — Dwayne Johnson

Depression Quote 21

“You say you’re ‘depressed’ – all I see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn’t mean you’re defective – it just means you’re human.” — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

Depression Quote 22

“Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.” — Stephen Fry

Depression Quote 23

“People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood. That’s not what depression is for me; it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness.” — Dan Reynolds

Depression Quote 24

“I go through a lot of depression, and I know other people do, too, but I have an outlet that so many people don’t. If you have that inside of you and can’t get it out, what do you do?” – Billie Eilish

Depression Quote 25

“A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people.” — Lilly Singh

Depression Quote 26

“When you’re surrounded by all these people, it can be lonelier than when you’re by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don’t feel like you can trust anyone or talk to anybody, you feel like you’re really alone.” — Fiona Apple

Depression Quote 27

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say, ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say, ‘My heart is broken.’ — C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

Depression Quote 28

“Depression, for me, has been a couple of different things – but the first time I felt it, I felt helpless, hopeless, and things I had never felt before. I lost myself and my will to live.” — Ginger Zee

Depression Quote 29

“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.” – Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

Depression Quote 30

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.” — Anonymous

Helpful Depression Quotes

Depression Quote 31

“I’ll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.”? Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins

Depression Quote 32

“I have depression. But I prefer to say, ‘I battle’ depression instead of ‘I suffer’ from it. Because depression hits, but I hit back. Battle on.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 33

“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.” — Atticus, Love Her Wild

Depression Quote 34

“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

Depression Quote 35

"Don’t lose yourself get lost in yourself.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 36

"Just because all you see is suffering does not mean that overcoming it is out of the question.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 37

"Hiding the pain will only allow it to build up behind the scene.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 38

"Life is not about gaining happiness it is about creating it.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 39

"I am laughing and smiling but on the inside, I am dying.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 40

"The wisest people are the ones who have experienced the worse.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 41

"I can no longer tell when I am awake or in a nightmare.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 42

"My mask no longer works. I still try, but they know. They know I am dead inside.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 43

"I failed the war, and now depression is leading me to my death.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 44

"The only way I stop from breaking is by hiding.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 45

"I need the pain to know I still exist.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 46

"This is not the life I wanted, and I do not want to have it anymore.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 47

"My cuts are just evidence of the hell I go through.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 48

"I do not want to wake up anymore… I have nightmares every time I do.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 49

"Physical scars heal but mental scars reopen after every memory.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 50

"The reason I lie about my pain is that all you do is make a parody of it.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 51

"It does not matter if I am broken, you want to make sure I am dead too.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 52

"Why shouldn’t I die if living is just a slower death?” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 53

"I cannot be helped until I can accept myself.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 54

"My sadness seems like it will never end, I am so depressed.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 55

"Depression creates a living zombie with no will to live.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 56

"I excuse a great deal. However, I always remember what’s said and done.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 57

"I loathe getting flashbacks from things I would prefer not to recollect.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 58

"No measure of rest on the planet could cure the tiredness I feel.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 59

"Now and then you feel pitiful for no reason, and you can’t help it. What’s more, you can’t manage it.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 60

"Fake companions resemble shadows they tail you in the sun yet abandon you out of the loop.” — Anonymous

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Depression Quote 61

"Wretchedness never arrives alone. It brings its companions despair, self-damage, and suicide.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 62

"Discouragement is the imperceptible disease.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 63

"They chuckle at me since I’m distinctive; I snicker at them since they’re all the same.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 64

"Nobody considers they’re simply imagining.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 65

"I’m eager however I can’t eat, I’m drained yet I can’t rest, I’m tragic, yet I can’t cry, self-destructive yet I can’t pass on.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 66

"The contrast between you and me is that when you awaken, your bad dream closes.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 67

"Everyone is generally so fucking fine, yet we are not in some cases we are harmed and wounded.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 68

"Individuals cry since they’re feeble. This is on the grounds that they’ve been solid for a really long time.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 69

"I let myself know I needn’t bother with anybody yet in all actuality, they needn’t bother with me.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 70

"It’s difficult to answer what’s wrong when nothing’s privileged.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 71

"I’m anxious about being overlooked. Since, it appears everybody I draw near, winds up overlooking me.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 72

"Every single breath I take or thought I take is just a battle for a never-ending war, and I don’t believe I’m winning any longer.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 73

"I’m dead inside, and you can’t even realize it.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 74

"Thought I saw it coming regardless its harms.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 75

"The most exceedingly awful sort of agony is the point at which you’re grinning just to prevent the tears from falling.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 76

"Terrible day, but your hand over your midsection. Feel that beat? That is called reason. You’re here for a reason don’t leave without one.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 77

"What doesn’t slaughter you makes a wish it did. This is what depression is.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 78

"I rest to escape from reality.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 79

"When I’m disturbed. I close myself down. I have no inspiration for anything.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 80

"I give myself all the agony supposing I merit it.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 81

"I quit discussing how I felt since I knew nobody minded at any rate.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 82

"You don’t know the amount you hurt me with the reality that I will never be sufficient for you.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 83

"Depression only has one end that will stop it forever. The end of you.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 84

"It stings in his shower, and the dismal part is you know precisely what I’m discussing.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 85

"I’m still alive however I’m scarcely relaxing.” — Anonymous

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Depression Quote 86

"Why not see what amount your words are harming me?” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 87

"I’m not distraught or discouraged or withdrawn. I simply need to converse with anybody for some time and that is alright.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 88

"Here and there you feel tragic for no reason, and you can’t help it. Also, you can’t manage it.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 89

"You never acknowledge how solid you are. Until being solid is the main decision you have.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 90

"Darkness is simply the absence of life and depression is the absence of happiness.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 91

"I don’t have a mentality issue. You have a problem with my state of mind, and that is not my issue.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 92

"Just a couple of people mind the rest are simply inquisitive.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 93

"Not all scars leave, and not all minds heal. Here and there you can’t generally see the somebody feels.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 94

"It’s truly pitiful how one day I’ll lose everything so quickly.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 95

"I feel like such a mistake. Here is to depressing love.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 96

"It’s so difficult to overlook somebody who gave you such a great amount to recollect.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 97

"We hide to try our feelings, but we forget that our eyes speak.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 98

"Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden. It is easier to say, My tooth is aching than to say My heart is broken.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 99

"You look happy, but you don t feel happy. That s what depression does to you." — Anonymous

Depression Quote 100

"I wanted to write down exactly what I felt but somehow the paper stayed empty and I could not have described it any better.” — Anonymous

Depression Quote 101

"What people never understand is that depression isn’t about the outside; it’s about the inside.” — Anonymous

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