Deepika Padukone Quotes

Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you're sad.

Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something you ride if you possibly can.

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.

I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

Since childhood I've always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it's a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication.

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

I'm always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.

Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not.

Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.

I don't have many sad days.

I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad.

Depression is internal. The upswings and downswings have pretty much nothing to do with what's going on in the external world. It's not like something sad happens to you and then you feel sad. Good things happen, but you feel sad anyway.

I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that.

I seem to be able to get depressed quite easily without any reason.

I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression.

I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.

I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

I have known healthy, wealthy people who were depressed, and people with critical illnesses who could honestly attest to joy.

Everyone feels sad occasionally. A full range of emotions is part of what makes us human.

Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

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.

We all relate to having highs and lows. Everyone gets depressed.