Jane Pauley Quotes

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

Trust me, you know when you've got depression.

Although no one treatment will ever be a panacea, research studies indicate that cognitive therapy can be helpful for a variety of disorders in addition to depression.

I have people in my family with bipolar disorder, and for years I've watched them struggle with the disorder's extreme moods and often devastating consequences.

I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who have it will experience a frightening, chaotic and emotional ride. It is not a gentle or easy disease.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Certainly there is such a thing as chemical depression, and for that, obviously, there are issues that psychotherapists are much more expert at speaking to, but I think there is a low-grade depression that actually prevails in our society. And most of us feel it.

As I kept having episodes of depression, I realized that it was not a one-off: that I had, well, not a disease, really - more an illness.

I think I am naturally depressive.

I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety several years ago, so it's something I've been battling most of my life.

In 1997, a severe depression hit me, but I didn't respond well to anti-depressants.

I have anxiety and have had depression in the past.

I was diagnosed with OCD and depression, and that was a huge relief, because now my struggles had a name and could be reckoned with. With a combination of therapy and medication, I got better. I learned to love life again. My problems didn't go away, but they became much easier to face.

The more I see, the less I know.

I always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.

There's a book that's critical to understanding anxiety, a 17th-century book, 'The Anatomy of Melancholy,' by Robert Burton. I wanted to write something like that.

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be terribly irritable. I go to cognitive behavioral therapy in order not to yell at my children.

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.

I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don't want to talk about it, they don't want to know about it. People are frightened of it, and they don't understand, when actually these issues are medically treatable.

I am a smiling depressive.

The more people talk about eating disorders, the more people get the real story about what they're like.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

Depression is a devastating illness, causing great suffering in the afflicted and anxiety to their nearest and dearest: it can hit at any age.