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Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy.

When I'm not working on something, I seem to go through periods of depression. It helps to keep busy.

Depression is so treacherous - it can be so alluring as well as punishing. After all, it's yours and yours alone - no one else can interfere with it.

To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy.

Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.

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.

I still get awful depression. It's who I am.

I've never, ever had any therapy. Some might say I need it, but I've never seen a shrink or a psychologist or anything like that.

I think that therapy is great and can be incredibly helpful.

I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.