January 2011
33 posts
Depressive realism →
floatingparticles:
Depressive realism is the proposition that people with depression actually have a more accurate perception of reality, specifically that they are less affected by positive illusions of illusory superiority, the illusion of control and optimism bias. The concept refers to people with borderline or moderate depression, suggesting that while non-depressed people see things in an...
waldosia
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. [Brit. wallesia] a condition characterized by scanning faces in a crowd looking for a specific person who would have no reason to be there, which is your brain’s way of checking to see whether they’re still in your life, subconsciously patting its emotional pockets before it leaves for the day.
“Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an...”
– Vladimir Nabokov (via spiracles)
“It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”
– Charles Bukowski (via thechocolatebrigade)
“Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we’re wired that way. Because without it, I don’t know. Maybe we just wouldn’t feel real. What’s that saying, why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.” — Meredith Grey
“Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to...”
– Lemony Snicket (via starsinhereyes)
“I will love you as a drawer loves a secret compartment, and as a secret...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters (via bow-tie)
