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I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.

Depression is a horrible, potentially life-threatening illness - but the lives it threatens are almost always those of the people who suffer from it.

I have fought my own battle with depression, and it was important for me to bring a little awareness about it for others.

It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness, emptiness and fear.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

I believe that everyone experiences depression to some degree at some time in their lives. And there are probably millions of people who live with a low level of sadness and heaviness day in and day out.

Depression is a physical illness.

Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect.

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.