Adwoa Aboah Quotes

People respond differently to people who are grieving. They reach out. But depression is so very isolating. It's hard to explain to anyone who has never been depressed how isolating it is. Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.

I actually found it very moving how destructive depression is. I was really saddened by this burden people have to handle.

I never thought I'd be somebody dealing with anxiety or depression.

So I just sat in bed for six months - I literally didn't leave the house - and it was the first time that I'd actually experienced being depressed. I'd be sad on and off but I'd never experienced actual depression. Like, crying for no reason. It was really horrible.

I was depressed for a long time.

I went through an extreme depression.

I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.

Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.

I felt like I was the only person on the planet with this 'thing called depression', and I remember being frightened. I was knocked out and dopey, and I cried all of the time.

I am depressed sometimes, but it's not what keeps me at home or focused on work.

I have become down-hearted, I have become discouraged, I have become depressed. I'm just like you. I'm a human being and I have my problems.

You never really shake depression and that's a tough road you have to deal with.

I don't want to be submerged by depression.

I believe that everyone experiences depression to some degree at some time in their lives. And there are probably millions of people who live with a low level of sadness and heaviness day in and day out.

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.

I have had periods of depression in my life.

When I was a teenager, I battled some severe depression.

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.

There were times in my early 20s where I dealt with some anxiety and depression issues. At that time, it just feels like you're under the water, and you can't get out.

I think a certain amount of depression is sort of a normal state of mind to have. Deep depression is another story - and I wouldn't say I've been quite there, but you know I have been quite down at times, I have not wanted to leave the house for days on end.

I truly, truly suffered depression, to the deep core.

In 2013, I went through a really great depression.

Recognizing chronic sadness may encourage someone to reach out to a friend, family member, or counselor rather than concealing the distress.

I was depressed a lot as a kid, and I was really sad and wouldn't be able to get out of bed.

I probably suffered with depression.