Bryan Procter Quotes

Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.

Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns.

I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.

Depression is internal. The upswings and downswings have pretty much nothing to do with what's going on in the external world. It's not like something sad happens to you and then you feel sad. Good things happen, but you feel sad anyway.

We all have human emotions that rob our lives.

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.

It's not always about external problems. It can also come from within, and it can happen to everyone, not only young girls but also boys.

My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.

I wish you'd help me look into a more interesting problem - namely, my sanity.

Torment yourself as little as possible, then you'll torment me less.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

Depression is something I've dealt with every day of my life.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul.

Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter.

You never really shake depression and that's a tough road you have to deal with.

When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.

Instead of seeing depression as a dysfunction, it is a functioning phenomenon. It stops you cold, sets you down, makes you damn miserable.

I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely.

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.