I always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.
— David D. Burns
Depression has been called the world's number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you.
Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.
Most of my friends are not actors. Most people have an idea of what an actor's life is, and it's pure glamour and excitement: it's easy and free and everyone loves you. But with a certain level of fame, there's a real level of paranoia and depression that comes with what you do, that nobody talks about.
— Cush Jumbo
I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.
— Conor Oberst
The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.
— Clara Hughes
Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn't been.
— Claire Forlani
I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
— Christopher Hitchens
I've certainly gone through my fair share of anxiety and depression.
— Chris Sullivan
Hank Paulson, the happy capitalist warrior who spent his life pursuing and defending free markets, is now the biggest interventionist Treasury secretary we've had since the Great Depression.
— Charles Duhigg
It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered.
— Carroll O'Connor
The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
— Carlos Santana
The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
— C. L. R. James
Do I wish I had never endured postpartum depression? Absolutely. But to deny the experience is to deny who I am.
— Bryce Dallas Howard
Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns.
— Brooke Shields
Depression is not interesting to watch.
— Brad Pitt
It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it's not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on.
— Bob Geldof
Although no one treatment will ever be a panacea, research studies indicate that cognitive therapy can be helpful for a variety of disorders in addition to depression.
Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. The goal of the treatment is not just partial improvement but full recovery.
For a long time, I've struggled very, very much with what people call treatment-resistant depression.
— David Berman
Everyone knows someone who is struggling with a mental health issue, whether it's depression, trauma or substance abuse. It affects everyone, so we all have a stake in making sure good treatment is available.
— Cris Carter
When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try and find work.
— Clint Eastwood
I've struggled more with guys, depression drugs, family and career than I ever have with my illness. I'm not an innocent and I'm not a child.
— Claire Wineland
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.
— Chuck Palahniuk
I often make movies that involve depression or deep holes of sadness, although there are also these other great things in 'New Moon,' like this epic set-piece at the end of the film in Italy.
— Chris Weitz
Coffee is already known to be a preventive factor against mild depression, Parkinson's disease, and colon and rectal cancers.
— Chris Kilham
I talk about postpartum depression and all these things I don't hear a lot of women talking about on TV.
— Catherine Reitman
The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.
— Carrie Fisher
I've lived through the Great Depression.
— Carl Reiner
I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.
— Byron Katie
I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor.
— Bryce Courtenay
I would never post something making fun of depression or mental health, or picking at people.
— Bria Vinaite
I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.
— Brad Paisley
I grew up in the heart of the Depression.
— Bob Cousy
Depression is an illness and not a necessary part of healthy living.
Therapy is not to 'talk about' things, but to change the person's life, and to relieve suffering, such as depression, anxiety, or relationship problems.
It does not mean you're broken to have depression and anxiety. I would encourage you to speak out. Don't hold it inside. Talk to friends. Talk to parents. If it's available, go to a therapist.
— Dan Reynolds
With 'Seven Deadly Sins,' there was a lot of personal stuff in there that I didn't even realize I'd been carrying around for awhile. And a lot of guilt involved, a lot of emotion, a lot of depression. Once I was done writing that book, I was able to really let go of that stuff.
— Corey Taylor
I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.
When I kept a diary, I realised that it was all moanings and depression, and I think that is quite common.
— Claire Tomalin
Like most people, I woke up one day to find that everyone I knew was taking antidepressants, and since I wasn't, I figured that I must be the cause of their depression.
— Christopher Moore
The interesting thing about depression and anxiety is that, it's not always wholly negative things that bring them on. Often times, those heavy swings of emotion can be brought on by just anything that is overly emotional.
Even if consumer confidence hit rock bottom, that most likely would not be enough, by itself, to cause a depression.
Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war.
— Carroll Quigley
I think one of the scariest things about depression is that it exists along with the happiness and the joy, and it kind of plays with it and sucks the color from it.
— Carrie Brownstein
My parents were not professionals. They were products of the Depression.
— Carl Kasell
I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family.
— Buzz Aldrin
Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.
— Bryan Cranston
I had a couple years of depression. I started drinking too much. I had to up my antidepressants. I cried all day, every day, and I lost weight. But I had to take care of two kids. It wasn't about me anymore.
— Brandi Glanville
While the line between stress, deep anxiety, and depression often blurs, most entrepreneurs struggle with broad mental health issues at various points in their lives.
— Brad Feld
