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“If you have ever believed a depressive wants to be happy, you are wrong. They could not care less about the luxury of happiness. They just want to feel an absence of pain.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Minds have their own weather systems. You are in a hurricane. Hurricanes run out of energy eventually. Hold on.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“People with mental illnesses aren't wrapped up in themselves because they are intrinsically any more selfish than other people. Of course not. They are just feeling things that can't be ignored. Things that point the arrows inward.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Stigma is particularly cruel for depressives, because stigma affects thoughts and depression is a disease of thoughts.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Never say 'pull yourself together' or 'cheer up' unless you're also going to provide detailed, foolproof instructions.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
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