An unbearable reality, combined with the impossibility to change it, tends to lead to abstractions for abstraction's sake, and unreality becomes more realistic than reality itself, more true, more convincing, simply because it looks at you with the eyes of justice.

Romain Gary
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This quote is most often used to describe the process of depression. It’s hard to imagine how anyone could feel happier than you are, but then again, it’s hard to imagine that you can’t be happy either. You can’t imagine feeling better than you do, but you can’t imagine feeling worse than you do either. The idea of depression is so unbearable that it forces your mind to create an abstract version of the world in which there is nothing wrong with you or your life.

When things are so bad that there is no end in sight, it becomes very easy to think that everything is terrible. This quote helps us remember that the best way out of an intolerable situation is to start with positive thoughts and act them into reality with actions that make things better.

Source: White Dog

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