July 10, 2012
"Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular. But the realism is merely a mask for depression’s actual essence, which is an overwhelming estrangement from humanity. The more persuaded you are of your unique access to the rottenness, the more afraid you become of engaging with the world; and the less you engage with the world, the more perfidiously happy-faced the rest of humanity seems for continuing to engage with it."

— Jonathan Franzen, How to be Alone

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July 10, 2012
"It was like sawdust, the unhappiness: it infiltrated everything, everything was a problem, everything made her cry - school, homework, boyfriends, the future, the lack of future, the uncertainty of future, fear of future, fear in general - but it was so hard to say exactly what the problem was in the first place."

— Melanie Thernstrom, The Dead Girl

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July 10, 2012
-Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

-Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

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July 9, 2012
"No matter how many chemicals I have ever used to bleach or sandblast my brain, I know by now, only too well, that you can never get away from yourself because you never go away."

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

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July 9, 2012
"A well-meaning friend once suggested she have cosmetic surgery to erase the marks. The idea upset her. She was surprised that it upset her. But listen. Every day she takes pills whose purpose is to hide her history. She needs some sign, some inscription. Even if no one can see it, the truth is there. Her writing on the wall."

— Lauren Slater, Prozac Diary

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July 9, 2012

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July 8, 2012
"Homesickness is just a state of mind for me. I’m always missing someone or someplace or something. I’m always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. My life has been one long longing."

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

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July 8, 2012
-Stephen King

-Stephen King

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July 8, 2012

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July 7, 2012
"If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why.
Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.
Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side.
It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do."

— Stephen Fry (via moonandstarprincess)

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