Emily

“To not have your suffering recognized is an almost unbearable form of violence.”
― Andrei Lankov

“It's an unfortunate word, 'depression', because the illness has nothing to do with feeling sad, sadness is on the human palette. Depression is a whole other beast. It's when your old personality has left town and been replaced by a block of cement with black tar oozing through your veins and mind. This is when you can't decide whether to get a manicure or jump off a cliff. It's all the same. When I was institutionalised I sat on a chair unable to move for three months, frozen in fear. To take a shower was inconceivable. What made it tolerable was while I was inside, I found my tribe - my people. They understood and unlike those who don't suffer, never get bored of you asking if it will ever go away? They can talk medication all hours, day and night; heaven to my ears.”
― Ruby Wax

“Forgive me," I wrote at the bottom. "I did not think I would break.”
― Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

“This disease comes with a package: shame. When any other part of your body gets sick, you get sympathy.”
― Ruby Wax