Daniel Johnston Quotes

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.

I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar.

Unfortunately, I think depression and anxiety are really hard to live with. And what people don't need is to feel bad about themselves because they decide to go on medication.

In my experience, depression was not something that has been cured so much as managed, like a lot of illnesses.

Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.

There's nothing, repeat, nothing to be ashamed of when you're going through a depression. If you get help, the chances of your licking it are really good. But, you have to get yourself onto a safe path.

I was diagnosed with OCD and depression, and that was a huge relief, because now my struggles had a name and could be reckoned with. With a combination of therapy and medication, I got better. I learned to love life again. My problems didn't go away, but they became much easier to face.

My treatment ended in March/April of '08. It wasn't until the end of that summer that I started to feel I wasn't depressed. Even when I went on vacation to Saint Lucia, I was kind of depressed, even though it was such a beautiful place.

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression. It was becoming worse. And I was being treated for it with anti-depressants.

If you have a relative who's lost interest in everything and doesn't get out of bed, who doesn't care for things they used to, can't imagine anything that would give them any pleasure, don't fool around with it; get therapy, get help, get medication if that's right for you, or talk therapy, or something.

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

I’ve had two depressions serious enough to require hospitalization. I think I survived both, though when I see Pat Buchanan on television, I’m not sure.

Life for me in Los Angeles required medication. I spent nine years being sad and down in the dumps. L.A. doesn't work with my chemistry.

I've said before, I've always had difficulty with anxiety and depression. I've been on medication for it since I was about 18 years old, varying degrees of medication. I've had big ups and downs with it and very bad periods.

I take antidepressants, which I was embarrassed about for a long time, but it keeps me going.

When I was diagnosed, I believed my illness would be my great, lifelong weakness. Bipolar disorder was to be my impenetrable prison, and I would be locked up with it in a castle Princess Toadstool style. Thinking there was no way out, I let it consume me.

I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety several years ago, so it's something I've been battling most of my life.

In 1997, a severe depression hit me, but I didn't respond well to anti-depressants.

I've been taking medication for depression and anxiety ever since I was a teenager and I've had treatment for both.

It's anxiety that led to a depression that I've been dealing with since I was 16, 17. That was the first time I was ever prescribed medication for either of those disorders I guess you would call it.

I was depressed for a long time.

I'm naturally a very happy person, but I've had times with depression and have got through it with therapy.

I realized that I had a serious problem with depression, and I went to a doctor and he gave me some medication.

Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.

My depression was mild, and I could treat it by myself and pick myself up again. But some people aren't that lucky.