Overcoming Depression Quotes and a Verse...

This week, October 3 - 11, is Mental Illness Awareness Week.

If you would like to read more about it, please visit the

NAMI website. I have suffered with depression for more than

30 years (with bipolar disorder). I have lost too many friends to

mental illness. There is a "Crisis Box" in my sidebar. It will

remain there always. If you ever need someone to talk to, they

are there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's a free call. They

are non-judgmental. They care. They know what you are going

through. There IS hope. Sending some joy your way... Val =)

Overcoming Depression Quotes and a Verse

"Blessed are those who mourn,

for they shall be comforted."

- Matthew 5:4

"Mental health problems do not affect three or four

out of every five persons, but one out of one."

- Dr. William Menninger

"If depression is creeping up and must be faced,

learn something about the nature of the beast:

You may escape without a mauling."

– Dr. R. W. Shepherd

"Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water.

They heal us as they flow."

- Rita Schiano

"The more intense your present pain and sorrow,

the greater your propensity for future joy."

- VMF

"Remember sadness is always temporary.

This, too, shall pass."

- Chuck T. Falcon

"Hope is grief’s best music."

- Author Unknown

"Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best

antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset.

It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens.

It is the direct route to serenity and contentment."

- Greenville Kleiser

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly,

acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all

I still know that just to be alive is a grand thing."

- Agatha Christie

"Although the world is full of suffering,

it is also full of the overcoming of it."

- Helen Keller