I have been in therapy before and it was all left-brain. I resented it and felt that it was not what I needed for change. I just thought that I would say thank you for all of the great information.
- Tracey (Port Coquitlam, Canada)
Inspiring Quotes for Depression
Depression and Hope
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
Albert Camus 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature for his essay, "Réflexions Sur la Guillotine" (Reflections on the Guillotine). He was an staunch advocate against capital punishment.
"It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. 
"So it is."
"And freezing."
"Is it?"
"Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately."
A. A. Milne From book Winnie the Pooh
Buckminster Fuller
"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."
Depression Hurts
"Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling...People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile."
Judith Guest
(American novelist and best known for the movie Ordinary People)
"Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something."
Morihei Ueshiba (1883 - 1969) Founder of the martial art of Aikido.
Depression Humour
Harry Kalas
"He has turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed."
Harry Kalas sportscaster for Major League Baseball was talking about Gary Maddox.
Depression and Taking Risks
Anais Nin
"...and then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"
Robert Schuller
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
Lao Tzu
"We choose our sorrows and our joys long before we experience them."
Kahil Gibran
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I am beginning to realize that these changes are happening because I am changing. Thru counseling I am becoming more open, more real in being who I am.
- Emma, New Mexico
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