I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want to hold anything in so read more

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want to hold anything in so it festers and turns into pus - a pustule of emotion that explodes into a festering cesspool of depression.

Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no read more

Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much read more

The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much as it would take others a whole year to achieve.

Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen.

Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen.

I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. read more

I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. I don’t know. Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don’t know the answer, I know only that I can’t. I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.

Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts

Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts

Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died read more

Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from over work, but many who died from doubt.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.