“ Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told her when she should laugh, the blue ones when she should be silent and keep away from o… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ In the terms of 'Mental Illness' Isn't stable a place they put horses that wish to run free? Stanley Victor Paskavich
“ When my mind plays tricks on me I can deal. But when my mind plays tricks on my mind I can not tell what's real Stanley Victor Paskavich
“ But money spent while manic doesn't fit into the Internal Revenue Service concept of medical expense or business loss. So after mania, when most depressed, you're given excellent reason to be even mor… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ I'm not manic-just happy. It has been such a long time since I was happy. Please join me on my magic carpet for now. Barbara Field Benziger
“ I am not manic-just happy. It has been such a long time since I was happy. Please join me on my magic carpet for now. Barbara Field Benziger
“ I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have been, which is when I have been midly manic. When I am my present normal se… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ The doctor’s words made me understand what happened to me was a dark, evil, and shameful secret, and by association I too was dark, evil, and shameful. While it may not have been their intention, this… Alyssa Reyans
“ I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read.I used… Carrie Fisher
