“Resistance to change in the mental health system comes disguised as protection of civil liberties and freedom of speech. As a result,… — Tamara Hill, MS Copy Share Image
I think it's really easy to approach a touchy subject head-on, but 'Sharp Objects' does it in a way that's subtle and… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
In terms of earthly life as you understand it, it is overly optimistic to imagine that eventually all illnesses will be conquered,… — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
What, however, left a deep impression on me was the reading of the Ramayana before my father. During part of his illness… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I've had 72 absolutely flaming years. It (the illness) doesn't bother me at all, because, you know, love, when you've lived like… — Vali Myers Copy Share Image
Psychiatry is a strange field because, unlike any other field of medicine, you never really finish. Your greatest instrument is you, yourself,… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The actual initiations open up any dense areas in the physical body. The Pleiadian start to break up where the individual is… — Christine McCormick Day Copy Share Image
Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States, and the incidence is growing rapidly. In 2009, the… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never… — Lee Atwater Copy Share Image
I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
She is looking raelly good, especially for someone who has been knocked down by pneumonia. Having been there and done that with… — Diianiita Copy Share Image
Warned by such evidences of their spiritual illness, believers profit by their humiliations. Robbed of their foolish confidence in the flesh, they… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“While we respect whatever treatment decisions people make, we do not define ourselves as essentially diseased, disordered, broken, faulty, and existing within… — Seth Farber Copy Share Image
“Eugen Bleuler (who in 1911 coined the word 'schizophrenia') once said that in the end his patients were stranger to him than… — Michael Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Maybe in time most wounds will heal; but this, this tragedy - it will last with me an entire lifetime. I can… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
Most people have been touched by the battles of mental illness in some way or another. It's either going on in their… — Tom Kitt Copy Share Image
We old bachelors smell like dogs, do we? So be it. But I must take issue with your claim that doctors who… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Illness is a part of every human being's experience. It enhances our perceptions and reduces self-consciousness. It is the great confessional; things… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Living with bipolar, schizophrenia or any other mental condition takes a recognition that one has a chronic condition that needs managing. The… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Suffering is always hard to quantify - especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer's. Most illnesses… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
And Tom brought him chicken soup until he wanted to kill him. The lore has not died out of the world, and… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Whenever anyone declares having read a book of mine I am disappointed by the error. That’s because my books are not to… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
Linda seemed to recognize loneliness. Possibly she could see it sitting opposite her, sipping lager and trying not to lose its temper.… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Illness played a great - and unwelcome - role in my early life. Mumps were soon followed by a raging sore throat,… — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
Pain and illness, the deaths of those one loves, and discomforts and disappointments mar the happy norm, but they do not alter… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
If I learnt anything at all about terminal illness in my research, it's that the experience is different for everyone. I do… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Mental strength is not the same as mental health. Just like someone with diabetes could still be physically strong, someone with depression… — Amy Morin Copy Share Image
In the event that my illness worsens, I want to have a guarantee that I can die in a dignified manner. Nowhere… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
Victory is the thought transformation resulting from comprehending that physical immortality...perpetual longevity, sans illness and aging...eternal, healthy, youthful life in your living… — Linda Goodman Copy Share Image
The funny part of it all is that relatively few people seem to go crazy, relatively few even a little crazy or… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
In the 50 years I've spent helping people to overcome illness, disability and disease, it has become crystal clear that poor bowel… — Bernard Jensen Copy Share Image
Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often… — Steve Lopez Copy Share Image
I write about the things that happen to us all. The things that are tough, the things that matter, from a loved… — Danielle Steel Copy Share Image
If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on the day it ceases. But there too,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
