Depression is a complex and often misunderstood condition. It affects millions of people worldwide, touching every aspect of life. While it can feel isolating, many have expressed the depths of this struggle through powerful words. These quotes capture the pain, loneliness, and sometimes the faint hope that comes with depression. Here, we present 93+ of the best quotes about depression, offering voices that resonate with those who feel unseen or unheard.
93+ Best Depression Quotes of 2025 That Will Resonate With You
1. Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
2. 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.
3. Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.
4. When you’re surrounded by all these people, it can be lonelier than when you’re by yourself.
5. Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.
6. I can’t eat and I can’t sleep. I’m not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?
7. Depression is melancholy minus its charms.
8. People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood. That’s not what depression is for me; it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness.
9. The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.
10. A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people.
11. I want to take a nap. I am not tired or sleepy, I just don’t want to be awake.
12. The worst kind of sad is not being able to explain why.
13. Keeping a lot to myself, because it is hard to find someone who understands.
14. I am fading away, and no one is noticing.
15. It is that feeling when you are not necessarily sad, but just really empty.
16. My forest is dark, the trees are sad, and all the butterflies have broken wings.
17. My thoughts are destroying me. I try not to think, but the silence is a killer too.
18. Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It’s always there though.
19. I wanted to talk about it. Damn it. I wanted to scream. I wanted to yell. I wanted to shout. But all I could do was whisper I’m fine.
20. We repeat what we don’t repair.
21. Stop trying to calm the storm, calm yourself, the storm will pass.
22. In the darkest time, I have always believed, the light will shine.
23. I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.
24. In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
25. Fake companions resemble shadows; they tail you in the sun yet abandon you out of the loop.
26. Wretchedness never arrives alone. It brings its companions despair, self-damage, and suicide.
27. Discouragement is the imperceptible disease.
28. They chuckle at me since I’m distinctive; I snicker at them since they’re all the same.
29. Nobody considers they’re simply imagining.
30. I’m eager however I can’t eat, I’m drained yet I can’t rest, I’m tragic, yet I can’t cry, self-destructive yet I can’t pass on.
31. The contrast between you and me is that when you awaken, your bad dream closes.
32. Everyone is generally so fine, yet sometimes we are harmed and wounded.
33. People don’t die from suicide, they die from sadness.
34. Sometimes I’m sad and tired and miserable for no reason at all.
35. It’s a bit like walking down a long, dark corridor, never knowing when the light will go on.
36. There comes a point where you no longer care if there’s a light at the end of the tunnel or not. You’re just sick of the tunnel.
37. When depression takes over and I can’t push through it, I have to close my door and shut the world out. It’s the only way I know how to survive.
38. Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
39. They flank me – depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don’t need to show their badges. I know these guys very well.
40. Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
41. The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.
42. You don’t understand depression until you can’t stand your own presence in an empty room.
43. It felt like this was never going to end. The world wasn’t going to stop crashing down until there was nothing left of me but dust.
44. I didn’t want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that’s really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare.
45. I am sad all the time and the sadness is so heavy that I can’t get away from it.
46. And I knew it was bad when I woke up in the mornings and the only thing I looked forward to was going back to bed.
47. Sometimes I get so sad. So sad that I completely shut down. I stare blankly at the wall and it doesn’t matter what you say to me. Because at that moment, I don’t exist.
48. The worst kind of pain is when you’re smiling just to stop the tears from falling.
49. Sometimes just the thought of facing the day feels like broken glass in my soul.
50. I’m the type of girl who smiles to make everyone’s day. Even though I’m dying on the inside.
51. I hate this feeling. Like I’m here, but I’m not. Like so many parts of me are missing.
52. Depression is the inability to construct a future.
53. I bear the dungeon within me; within me is winter, ice, and despair; I have darkness in my soul.
54. There were days when she was unhappy; she did not know why, when it did not seem worthwhile to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead.
55. I was okay just a moment ago. I will learn how to be okay again.
56. You see, I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.
57. I need one of those long hugs where you kinda forget whatever else is happening around you for a minute.
58. I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’
59. Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don’t believe it.
60. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it’s good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds.
61. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.
62. That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.
63. Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
64. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through.
65. Be there for them when they come through the other side.
66. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.
67. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.
68. Having anxiety and depression is like being scared and tired at the same time.
69. It’s the fear of failure, but no urge to be productive.
70. It’s wanting friends, but hate socializing.
71. It’s wanting to be alone, but not wanting to be lonely.
72. It’s feeling everything at once then feeling paralyzingly numb.
73. Depression is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you have been strong for too long.
74. You don’t think in depression that you’ve put on a gray veil and are seeing the world through the haze of a bad mood.
75. You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you’re seeing truly.
76. I am bent, but not broken.
77. I am scarred, but not disfigured.
78. I am sad, but not hopeless.
79. I am tired, but not powerless.
80. I am angry, but not bitter.
81. I am depressed, but not giving up.
82. Depression is like cancer.
83. It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it. There is no off switch.
84. I hope to one day see a sea of people all wearing silver ribbons as a sign that they understand the secret battle.
85. Depression is the inability to construct a future.
86. There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’
87. Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes.
88. Depression is like cancer.
89. Sometimes just the thought of facing the day feels like broken glass in my soul.
90. I am sad all the time and the sadness is so heavy that I can’t get away from it.
91. The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.
92. I bear the dungeon within me; within me is winter, ice, and despair.
93. I have darkness in my soul.
94. Depression is the inability to construct a future.
95. I was okay just a moment ago. I will learn how to be okay again.
Conclusion
These 93+ quotes reveal the many faces of depression — its pain, loneliness, confusion, and sometimes faint hope. They remind us that depression is more than sadness; it is a deep struggle that many endure silently. Through these words, people find connection and understanding. Remember, if you or someone you know is struggling, seeking help is a vital step. These quotes serve as a mirror and a bridge, showing that you are not alone in this journey.
