James Hillman Quotes

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

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

You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was now experiencing it. Finally, I collapsed and just went to bed.

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

I'd definitely say I'm a depressive, someone who suffers from depression.

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

I had gone through a really rough patch in my life, struggling with anxiety and depression for the first time ever, and it was totally new to me. I really had no idea what was going on, and it was all I could think about, so it was all I could write about.

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

I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.

And I have to work so hard at talking positively to myself. If I don't, it's just real hard to get through the day, and I'll get really down, and just want to cry. My whole body language changes. I get more slumped over.

Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.

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.

I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.

I don't have time to be depressed.

Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns.

Issues deals with the issues I had, the fears I had and it isn't a 'nice' album but fears and depressions are not particularly nice.

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

Half the ills we heard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them.

When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.

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

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.