Shinya Yamanaka Quotes

Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.

the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them

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 didn't really want to live, so anything that was an investment in time made me angry... but also I just felt sad. When the hopelessness is hurting you, it's the fixtures and fittings that finish you off.

It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness, emptiness and fear.

Never once, during any of my bouts of depression, had I been inclined or able to pick up a telephone and ask a friend for help. It wasn't in me.

Nothing good comes out of depression.

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.

It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.

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.

Man, I hate to get depressing on you, but I don't have a game. I'm so alone, so depressed, so dark, no.

Loneliness can become a downward spiral.

As bad as it feels, it's familiar to you. And the depression itself is making you unable to reach out. So, I've definitely experienced that in my life.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

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

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia.

When you've nothing to live for, you get to thinking inside your head.

I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.

I thought I wasn't attractive or talented anymore. I cried easily and was depressed and removed. I became emotionally insecure about what the second half of my life would bring. I was angry, scared, frightened and lonely.

Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.

My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.

I might look successful and happy being in front of you today, but I once suffered from severe depression and was in total despair.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.