Oliver Sykes Quotes

Sometimes we get sad about things and we don't like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don't know why we are sad, so we say we aren't sad but we really are.

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.

Depression is internal. The upswings and downswings have pretty much nothing to do with what's going on in the external world. It's not like something sad happens to you and then you feel sad. Good things happen, but you feel sad anyway.

I get depressed when things are not right.

'Melancholy' is prettier than 'depression'; it connotes a kind of nocturnal grace. Makes one feel more innocently beleaguered.

I'm always sad.

Pain in the present is experienced as hurt. Pain in the past is remembered as anger. Pain in the future is perceived as anxiety. Unexpressed anger, redirected against yourself and held within, is called guilt. The depletion of energy that occurs when anger is redirected inward creates depression.

Sadness is so ungrateful.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.

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

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

A lot of times, people think that it doesn't make sense for people to be depressed when they have everything, a loving husband, a successful career, fame and fortune. I wanted to make this point that profound despair can strike anybody.

No one is happy all his life long.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Mental health is such a complex thing and so difficult to diagnose. What is a mental problem? Who does have mental problems? What's the difference between mental problems and depression and sadness?

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

Nobody destroys people - people destroy themselves, and it's very, very sad.

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.

I know so many people who are eaten up by regret. It manifests itself in so many ways. They either become mentally a bit off, or they get very fat, or they are just horribly depressed.

Depression is something that makes you lose your sight.

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

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