Ann Douglas Quote

Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.

I had people saying 'it's all in your head'. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way?

You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.

The Bravest Thing I Ever Did Was Continuing My Life When I Wanted To Die.

I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I ca...

It's an unfortunate word, 'depression', because the illness has nothing to do with feeling sad, sadness is on the human palette. Depression is a whole other beast. It's when your old personality has l...

Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this is plausible because when an individual doesn't fit into the system it causes pai...

No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness.

To actually accept that you have an eating disorder or a mental health issue is actually a sign of great, great strength. It is not a sign of weakness at all.

Anxiety is the monster that resides within.