Elizabeth Wurtzel: Depressing quotes

“One morning you wake up and are afraid you are going to live. In my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain, quite certain, that I was already dead.”

“That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end.”

“That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.”

“If you are chronically down, it is a lifelong fight to keep from sinking”

“I was so scared to give up depression, fearing that somehow the worst part of me was actually all of me.”

“Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent”

“In the meantime, I could withdraw to my room, could hide and sleep as if I were dead”

“In my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain, quite certain, that I was already dead.”