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Trauma does not have to occur by abuse alone... ↗

— Asa Don Brown

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Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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Most of you guys can't see the potential in a nervous breakdown. A real collapse. There's more chance of finding yourself in a major depression than there is in a bottle Prozac. ↗

— Keith Ablow

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your mind is like an unsafe neighborhood; don't go there alone. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

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He fought because he actually felt safer fighting than running. ↗

— Richard Adams

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Man is many things, but he is not rational. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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We forget very easily what gives us pain. ↗

— Graham Greene

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Almost everyone is overconfident--except the people who are depressed, and they tend to be realists. ↗

— Joseph T. Hallinan

#depression #psychology #realists #psychology

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#psychology #remaining-silent #reticence #silence #gossip

If you discovered something that made you tighten inside, you had better try to learn more about it. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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