I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.
Because of my bipolar condition I will have to take anti psychotics until I die but hopefully a handful of them won't be the last thing I taste
I have spent years ... clinging to the understanding that Iwas a defective biological unit .... This may truly be a valuableperspective for those who observe mental illness, but forme, as a subject, t...
The main reason why clinicians may not diagnose personality disorders is that they think that doing so supports therapeutic pessimism. Recent research has shown this is not true; most patients get bet...
If I was lonely, if I was afraid of being alone, then why abandon myself? Why run to someone else looking to give myself the thing that only I could give? I wanted to escape myself because I felt empt...
Schizo. It didn't matter how many times Dr. Gill compared it to a disease or physical disability, it wasn't the same thing. It just wasn't. I had schizophrenia. If I saw two guys on the sidewalk, one...
Many call it the 1000 yard stare and can't realize the pain when PTSD takes us there
Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.
Successful writing is a slow, daily, meticulous form of mental illness.
I get absolutely shitfaced. I am shitfaced and hyper and ten years old. I am having the time of my life.
When mental [illness] increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight...
the capture the rapture the rupture of a soula solo symphony
Today I am a lens, a pen, a gun."--p. 1 ...Before My Eyes...look for it on 2.11.14
The one thing that we need to escape is our minds, but our minds are the one thing that we cannot escape from.
Depression in its major stages possesses no quickly available remedy: failure of alleviation is one of the most distressing factors of the disorder as it reveals itself to the victim, and one that hel...
What's the difference between sanity and madness anyway? We all play headgames with ourselves. We all have baggage. We all cope somehow. I'm not sure if I'm mad or sane. I mean, I hold my life togethe...
I want this girl I know i'll never have.But in my mind she'll always be my lady.I fell in love with her instantly after seeing her beautiful face online.I always dreamed and fantasized about her ever...
It's so common, it could be anyone. The trouble is, nobody wants to talk about it. And that makes everything worse.
Even if love were considered a mental illness, that would not prevent it from being a pleasant one.
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't.