Depression
In the 1990s, Riley was suffering from clinical depression after her split from Mickey and severing ties with a manager that left her broke. She was bed-ridden for six years and was receiving disability payments as her weight expanded from a size 6 to a size 26. After family intervention and subsequent treatment for her depression, Riley says "I've never been so happy in all my life. I've never had such peace of mind. I trust the Lord with everything."
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Famous quotes containing the word depression:
“That terrible mood of depression of whether it’s any good or not is what is known as The Artist’s Reward.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“The chief lesson of the Depression should never be forgotten. Even our liberty-loving American people will sacrifice their freedom and their democratic principles if their security and their very lives are threatened by another breakdown of our free enterprise system. We can no more afford another general depression than we can afford another total war, if democracy is to survive.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)
“Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the grand-daughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. Slavery is sixty years in the past. The operation was successful and the patient is doing well, thank you. The terrible struggle that made me an American out of a potential slave said “On the line!” The Reconstruction said “Go!” I am off to a flying start and I must not halt in the stretch to look behind and weep.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)