“ You can't compare men or women with mental disorders to the normal expectations of men and women in without mental orders. Your dealing with symptoms and until you understand that you will always try… Shannon L. Alder
“ Bipolar is an illness not a hopeless destination it can be maintained with proper medication Stanley Victor Paskavich
“ Sensitive people usually love deeply and hate deeply. They don't know any other way to live than by extremes because thier emotional theromastat is broken. Shannon L. Alder
“ Instead of showing visibly distinct alternate identities, the typical DID patient presents a polysymptomatic mixture of dissociative and posttraumatic stressdisorder (PTSD) symptoms that are embedded… James A. Chu
“ I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you have to view places of worship as free mental health clinics, in order to deal… Shannon L. Alder
“ The good part about having a mental disorder is having a valid reason for all the stupid things we do because of a damaged prefrontal cortex. However, the best part is seeing someone completely sane d… Shannon L. Alder
“ I rather be a stupid person wanting clarification and answers, in order to be wiser, than be a stupid person that blindly believes the lies they are told, without question. Shannon L. Alder
“ People that have been consistently hurt by others in life will only see the one time you hurt them and be blinded to all the good your heart has to offer. They look no further than what they want to s… Shannon L. Alder
“ You might lose battles in your life time. However, every person that stands bravely on the side of justice, for people that have no voice, wins the true battle---Gods. Shannon L. Alder
“ Insanity is everyone expecting you not to fall apart when you find out everything you believed in was a lie. Shannon L. Alder
“ A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out. Shannon L. Alder
“ The source for any mental trauma is never other person, but its your own MIND psyching YOU into believing that you're vulnerable at first, thereby gradually increasing the intensity of suffering as it… Ramana Pemmaraju
“ Police intentionally murdering a mentally unstable person will always be unacceptable when there are numerous other non-lethal options available to them. Steven Magee
“ I was much crazier than I had imagined. Or maybe it was a bad idea to read DSM-IV when you're not a trained professional. Or maybe the American Psychiatric Association had a crazy desire to label all… Jon Ronson
“ Sometimes it can be as brutally overwhelming as a tidal wave flooding every orifice, the suffocation, the pressure, the immensity of this damnable depression like an ocean, unsurmountable. It swallows… Moonshine Noire
“ In order to master compassion, you have to spend time getting to know monsters. When you can do that you will see that there are no monsters, only people that acted like monsters because no one gave t… Shannon L. Alder
“ Never sever ties with a family member you once loved. Each of you might be on different spiritual paths, but both trails are leading you home. Shannon L. Alder
“ This disease comes with a package: shame. When any other part of your body gets sick, you get sympathy. Ruby Wax
