In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression. Dr. Sterling was right about that. I loved it because I thought it was all I had. I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony. Elizabeth Wurtzel
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When you are depressed, it is easy to see how people can fall in love with their pain. This quote is about how depression makes its victims feel like they are worthless. The depressed person thinks that they are worthless because their depression is so much greater than everything else in their life. Depression causes the depressed person to feel like they will never be able to be of any help or to participate in life anymore.

They become paralyzed by their own thoughts and believe that everyone must think that they are worthless. If you are suffering from depression, remember that you are not worthless, you are just in a bad way right now. The only time in your life when you were valuable was in the past when you were healthy and happy.

You can fight your depression and get better.

Source: Prozac Nation

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