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Andrew Solomon Quotes

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“It [anxiety] was the feeling all the time like that feeling you have if you're walking and you slip or trip and the ground is rushing up at you, but instead of lasting half a second, the way that does, it lasted for six months.”
— Andrew Solomon, Transcript of "Depression, the secret we share"
Tagged: Depression, Anxiety, Afraid, Life
“Depression is the flaw in love... There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss, and that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.”
— Andrew Solomon, Transcript of "Depression, the secret we share"
Tagged: Depression, Anxiety, Afraid, Life
“Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.”
— Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Tagged: Grief, Depression, circumstance
“Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.”
— Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Tagged: strength, Brave, Exercise, eating
“Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.”
— Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Tagged: Best Days, Listen, Love, Friends, Family, Memories, Depression, Brave, strength, Treat Yourself Well, Health, Reason
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