“We are more apt to feel depressed by the perpetually smiling individual than the one who is honestly sad.”

—  Rollo May

Paulus : Reminiscences of a Friendship (1973)
Context: We are more apt to feel depressed by the perpetually smiling individual than the one who is honestly sad. If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.

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