Kyle

“nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know
…nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. maybe the only enemy is that we don’t like the way reality is now and therefore wish it would go away fast. but what we find as practitioners is that nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for us when we arrive. it just keeps returning with new names, forms, manifestations until we learn whatever it has to teach us about where we are separating ourselves from reality, how we are pulling back instead of opening up, closing down instead of allowing ourselves to experience fully whatever we encounter, without hesitating or retreating into ourselves.”
― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

“We only compound our feelings of depletion if we deal with them by giving up activities that normally nourish us,”
― Mark Williams, The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

“the anatomy of depression and of its four key dimensions: feelings, thoughts, body sensations, and behaviors,”
― Mark Williams, The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

“depression forges a connection in the brain between sad mood and negative thoughts, so that even normal sadness can reawaken major negative thoughts.”
― Mark Williams, The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness