Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
2960
AUTHOR:
Lesley Hazelton
QUOTATION:
When depression is stigmatized as illness and weakness, a double bind is created: If we admit to depression, we will be stigmatized by others; if we feel it but do not admit it, we stigmatize ourselves, internalizing the social judgment…. The only remaining choice may be truly sick behavior: to experience no emotion at all.
