The unfortunate truth is that depression is the primary reason why someone dies of suicide about every 12 minutes (over 41,000 people a year), so it's imperative that we understand it and seek out help if we are experiencing it. So we've gathered up some of our favorite and most relatable quotes about depression that offer up help and connection to those currently experiencing depression and can provide empathy and education to those who know someone in their lives who does.
Solidarity goes a long way when talking about any life struggle- allowing us to feel less alone in our experience as well as having greater hope for growth and healthier days ahead. But as someone who personally deals with depression, I know how encouraging it can be to hear that I'm not alone in the experience.
Its impact can be anywhere from mild to completely debilitating and has often been an issue people avoid talking about for fear of saying the wrong thing or the stigma and shame that can sometimes come with mental illness. Death was late and we split.Depression affects over 18 million people (1 in 10) in the United States in a given year, so chances are you or someone close to you is intimately familiar with its effects on your life and mental health. “We once said that only death would tear us apart. “All roads lead to you, even those I took to forget you.”ġ0. “Love! We have no aim but defeat in your wars.”ĩ. “And you became like coffee, in the deliciousness, and the bitterness, and the addiction.”Ĩ. “The image of love reveals itself there in a profoundly present absence.”ħ. “You are killing me and you are keeping me from dying. “On the train we swapped seats, you wanted the window and I wanted to look at you.”ĥ. “She says: ‘When are we going to meet?’ I say: ‘After the war is over.’ She says: ‘When does the war end?’ I say: ‘When we meet.’”Ĥ. “They asked ‘do you love her to death?’ I said ‘speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life.’”ģ. “After you nothing goes and nothing returns.”Ģ.
īelow, some more Mahmoud Darwish poems and quotes on love that will have you longing to be laid up with your boo.ġ. But I’m afraid if I sell everyone, you will sell me and I’ll return with disappointments.” When it was discovered that she was working for the Israeli Mossad intelligence, he said: “ I felt like my homeland was occupied again.” Damn. Of their love, he wrote: “I love you despite the nose of my tribe, my city and the chains of customs.
Pouring his heart and his soul into his poetry, the acclaimed writer published approximately thirty poetry and prose collections, which have been translated into more than twenty-two languages (though, if we’re being honest, they hit differently in Arabic.) In addition to beautifully expressing his feelings on exile, belonging, struggle, and occupation, the humanist also used his poetry to document his love affairs, including his contentious relationship with his Israeli lover, Rita, who turned out to be an opp. To get you into the spirit of romance, we decided to round up some of our favorite love quotes from the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, because we cannot think of anyone else who had the God-given ability to use language to pull on our heartstrings in the same powerful way.īorn in 1941, Darwish quickly became the voice of Palestinian people, going on to win numerous awards for his works before his death in 2008 in Houston after complications with heart surgery. Studies actually show that more men and women are interested in “cuffing,” which is a derivative of handcuffing (as you’re essentially chaining yourself to another person for a few months), during the winter than any other season. Hot Girl Summer is officially over, signaling the beginning of “cuffing season,” AKA the cold, frigid months where people start searching for someone with whom they can spend those long, winter nights with.
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