Last 5 of 10 quotes: (6-10)

6."That's the thing about DEPRESSION: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But DEPRESSION is so insidious-and it compounds daily-making it impossible to ever see the end. That fog is like a cage without a key."

This famous quote was taken from the best-selling memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel,Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America (1994). It perfectly describes the utter hopelessness of enduring what feels like endless blackness. Human beings need hope to lift themselves up. And DEPRESSION kills hope. If your thoughts tell you there is no possibility of ever feeling better, the chances of recovering are dimmed. You see, that why it's hard to snap out of it Then there is little motivation or ability to work in therapy or partake in any pleasurable activities. Expecting the worst helps create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Here's the good news: The cage can be opened when you begin challenging those hobbling negative thoughts. For instance, when you think, Nothing good ever happens to me remind yourself of something good that happened.

7."When you suffer from DEPRESSION, 'I'm tired' means a permanent state of exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. Sleep just isn't sleep anymore-it's escape."

There are few things more energizing than waking up from a good night's sleep feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day. Alas, no matter how many hours someone with the overwhelming emotional fatigue that comes with clinical DEPRESSION sleeps he or she awakes to that stomach-drop feeling of Oh no, I've got to get through another full day before I can go to back to bed. No matter what age you are, emotionally you feel as if you are 100-years-old. You drag yourself with leaden feet through daily chores, counting down the hours until you can lie down and shut out the world again. Everything I repeat everything seems pointless to you and all you seek is- escape.

8."The only thing more exhausting than being DEPRESSED is pretending that you're not."

It's true. DEPRESSION is more exhausting than anything. But there some something that is even more exhausting than DEPRESSION and that is, pretending like you are not DEPRESSED.

Actors choose to play a role; severely DEPRESSED people feel they have no choice but to put on an Academy Award-worthy performance of someone who is enjoying his or her time on the planet. However, there are huge emotional costs to hiding your truth such as an increase in the sense of disconnect from others in your life. When there is no one with whom you can be 'real', there is no break from your misery and solitude. Thus the sense of exhaustion that is wrapped into DEPRESSION grows exponentially. Each time you lie and say you are fine, you die a little more inside. Now imagine, how many times a DEPRESSED die.

9. "Having anxiety and DEPRESSION is like being scared and tired at the same time. It's the fear of failure, coupled with no urge to be productive. It's wanting friends but hating socializing. It's wanting to be alone but not wanting to be lonely. It's feeling everything at once, yet being paralyzingly numb."

Confusing? I know. Its just... negativity is gonna engulf you. You will constantly feel you'll fail, you hate that you'll fail but at the same time you don't care everything can be doomed. Its like caring but not really caring at the same time. Its like, you want friends and things to be normal but you're too numb and don't even want to face people. You'll just want to stay alone and away from all chaos but the thought of no one by your side will kill you inside. Its like... you won't find strength to make things right, you will be the same numb one and you'll hate being like this but you won't have enough motivation to stop being like this either. You'll want but the voice of DEPRESSION will be louder and your own voice will fade.
Its like being in a cage with an opened door. You don't like being in the cage but you are too numb and tired to reach the door...

10.They ask, "How are you doing?" But what they mean is, "Are you over it yet?"

Those who suffer from DEPRESSION know more than anyone that they are not-well-fun to be around. It is a drag to be at dinner with someone literally crying into his or her soup. Others empathize with your pain...to a point. But unless they've spent time at the bottom of the emotional barrel, they can't really get what it feels like. They mean well saying something along the lines of, I've been sad, dear, and what got me back to myself was a yoga weekend and thinking positive. Gave a fresh perspective! Such a tone-deaf comment can at least for a moment lift the DEPRESSED person to a new level-ANGER!

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That's it. For now.