Quotes About Struggle

I am at war with my own mind.

Those nights where you have second thoughts about everything and nothing feels right anymore.

I've been so hurt. I've been broken and treated like dirt. People saw me as scum, they thought I was dumb. Everywhere I went, a door would slam. I felt shunned by the whole world. What did I do? I was nothing but a nice girl.

They say 'follow your heart' but if your heart's in a million pieces which piece do you follow...

Its confusing when you can't determine if the signs are for you to give up or just a test to see how long you could hold on.

My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me.

I feel like the weight of the world is resting on my shoulders and there is nothing I can do to get out from under it.

Depression is real it continues to exist because of bullies. People become bullies because they were once bullied and they're angry.

Depression is like a slow poison which kills you from inside. It is a disease that has no cure, but it heals with some time. It makes a person so lonely, that the person doesn't want to live anymore.

DEPRESSION - one word to describe a mountain of pain. One word to steal the light from a person's soul and leave them stranded in a cold, gray landscape, alone and searching for something they couldn't even name.

I live through it everyday. The ache and pain never quite feel the same. I hate feeling depressed, like there's no healing left. Nothing will change, only people do.

When I smile I am hiding a tear inside.When I laugh I am hiding pain inside.When I say everything is OK nothing is.

How could I be so lost, In a place I know so well? How could I be so broken, In a family so together? How could I be so lonely, Surrounded by so many? How could I be so unhappy, Surrounded by so much beauty? How could I be me, When even I remain a mystery?

Hard isn't it? Trying to stay strong for everyone around you, with a pasted on smile that quickly goes away when you're alone. I know it's tough trying to kill something that's on the inside, that eats you alive, and there's nothing you can do about it. No matter how hard you try, it just doesn't go away. I know it ain't easy, but I know things will get better.

When everyone is around I put on my happy face, yet when I am alone no one sees the tears or even knows my thoughts.

Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and its the worst.

I became very depressed, and my only way of coping with it was through my eating disorder, so I just stopped eating.

Telling a depressed person to be happy, is like telling a person who has cancer to cure themselves.

I hate when I have to pretend to be happy on the outside, when really I'm burning with pain on the inside.

I look alive. I'm dead inside. My heart has holes, and black blood flows.

People are always telling me to smile, like smiling is going to just take away all the hurt and pain. Well I've tried that I've tried hiding my sorrows and covering the sadness in smiles and what I've learned is that when it hurts this much inside your heart always has a way of showing it no matter how many masks you wear.

You see that girl staring into space? If you were to ask what's wrong, she would say nothing, when in reality its everything.

I could go on with my day and act like everything is okay. But as my life goes on it hurts more in every way.

There's this girl whose heart hurts inside. She aches in pain and sadness that overwhelms her. She knows her life is a total blur. There's this girl who really cries out wondering where she'll end up. But I try to cover her up with a good look and smile. But we all know who I really am...We all know I'm really her.