Repeated positive interpretations of one's negative experiences are the greatest medicines for stress and depression.

~ Hafiz

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Just as a stressful life can make you depressed, continuing exposure to stressors maintains depression.

~ Jonathan Rottenberg

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Fear of a bully, fear of a volcano; the power within you does not distinguish. It does not recognize degree.

~ N.k. Jemisin

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Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.

~ Stephanie S. Covington

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