Depressed Sayings Novels & Stories

I won't let him go back there. People say words can't hurt, but that's not true. Words get into your head and grow into something more. When someone constantly tells you what a loser you are or that you're worthless, then some people start believing it's true. When that happens, those people can fall into a depression that they may not be able to get out of. After we finish eating, we go outside holding hands. I begin leading him to my place and then stop. "Are your things at the hotel?" I ask him.

Mom always says that depression is nothing more than an illness born of idleness. People who are truly busy studying don't have time to be depressed. So, during my senior year of high school, I lie awake through countless nights, my hair falling out in clumps as I tremble over endless mock papers. Mom only slides another mock exam booklet in front of me. "Finish this booklet, and you won't have time to wallow in self-pity." At family gatherings, my relatives notice that I keep my head down and barely speak. They ask Mom, "Why has she gotten so quiet?" Mom's face darkens at once. "It's because she's guilty about something, duh. Go on. Tell everyone what you've done wrong this time." Late