The Depression Answer Book Quotes

“people who have the genes for unipolar major depression cannot turn off their stress response. When they experience stress from jobs, deadlines, family trouble, medical illness, or extreme excitement, large quantities of steroid stress hormones and norepinephrine come pouring into their brains and cannot be stopped. Every day, this stress overload is fatiguing and killing cells in their brains, bringing on unipolar major depression.”
― Burgess,, Wes, The Depression Answer Book: Professional Answers to More than 275 Critical Questions About Medication, Therapy, Support, and More

“The genes for depression cause peoples' brains to overreact to stress.”
― Burgess,, Wes, The Depression Answer Book: Professional Answers to More than 275 Critical Questions About Medication, Therapy, Support, and More

“senses could be dulled, and you might withdraw into yourself, feeling numb and empty.”
― Burgess,, Wes, The Depression Answer Book: Professional Answers to More than 275 Critical Questions About Medication, Therapy, Support, and More