Phoebe Bridgers Quotes

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

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

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.

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.

The truth is that several years ago, I suffered from depression. And I remember during this time, I basically fell into this hole where my life became cold, and it became gray, and I lost sight of everything that was important to me.

I can't speak for everybody. But I will say that for me, when I've been depressed - and I get depressed. I have irrational bouts of anxiety. I have random FedEx deliveries of despondency. Just like, 'I didn't order this. Oh, well, keep the PJs on, cancel everything you're doing today. It's time to take a sad shower.'

I'm always dealing with this sadness. I don't want to be Morrissey or anything, but it is a thing I deal with it. Every day, when I wake up, I have to make a decision to fight this depression. That sounds horrible but I'm fine with it; it's who I am; it's my life. I try not to let it cripple me.

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

I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'

If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you.

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.

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

I'm just into having fun, because I went through some bad years that really depressed me and made me angry.

I don't want to be submerged by depression.

I try to focus on using my energy to change things, but there are times when I feel so bad.

I'm not a big depressive, but I have my moments.

I can't deal with waking up and being sad.

So many times I should've stopped or could've stopped and didn't stop... So many kinds of people can get depressed and sad, and you know what? Everyone has that talent, that gift.

If you happen to be mostly depressed about the state of your life, I don't know whether you feel like doing impulse control.

It's just so hard to feel good, you know?