Let us discover together what some historical figures said about depression. I will be choosing brilliant people from different fields to get a diversified perspective.
The Novelist:
“Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.”
― J.K. Rowling
The Poet:
“I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.”
― John Keats
The Philosopher:
“In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
The Pope:
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”
― John Paul II
The Psychiatrist:
“I would surround myself with beauty no matter how primitive and artless–objects, colors, sounds. I would eat and drink well.”
― Carl Jung
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