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This is one of my favorite quotes. It's from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and to me it is the crux of the Stoic Philosophy. It isn't saying not to feel injured, because there are times when we will feel injured, and that's okay. But we have to let that feeling go so that our feelings of injury disappears. It demonstrates that while we can't control the way we are treated by others, we can control the way we let them affect us...and we don't have to let them affect us. I

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is something that I struggle with every day, but it does not define me. Depression is something I have to deal with, but it is not who I am. There are days when I feel really down, and I have to work through suicidal ideation, and sort through a lot of rage, and hate, and sadness, but that is not who I am. My depression is getting in the way of who I want to be, but when I start talking about being depressed, that's when it's going to win. I