“A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.” — Shannon l. Alder Copy Share Image
“The problem with having problems is that ‘someone’ always has it worse.” — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
“Many so-called disorders of the mind are simply disorders of thought.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“Bipolar is an illness not a hopeless destination it can be maintained with proper medication” — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“Insanity is everyone expecting you not to fall apart when you find out everything you believed in was a lie.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Sensitive people usually love deeply and hate deeply. They don't know any other way to live than by extremes because thier emotional… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“A life out of balance is a person that doesn’t believe happiness can be achieved now, or in the future. It is… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Worry is like a roller coaster ride that you think will take you somewhere, but it never does.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“I hear a siren and, if we weren’t already in a hospital, I would have assumed they were coming for nearly everyone… — Michael F. Stewart Copy Share Image
“Never sever ties with a family member you once loved. Each of you might be on different spiritual paths, but both trails… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Two people with mental issues in a relationship does not work. It's like sitting in a boat and neither one has an… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“People that have been consistently hurt by others in life will only see the one time you hurt them and be blinded… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Unrequited love is the only emotion that allows sane people to taste the “life sentence” of someone with bipolar disorder. The longer… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“In order to master compassion, you have to spend time getting to know monsters. When you can do that you will see… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The good part about having a mental disorder is having a valid reason for all the stupid things we do because of… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“We are all a little schizophrenic. Each of us has three different people living inside us every day—who you were, who you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The vision I see in the mirror is me, who I am, supposedly, but that vision does not express the way my… — Victoria Sawyer Copy Share Image
“Love is not enough. It takes courage to grab my father's demon, my own, or - God help me - my child's… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
“They say there’s so much beauty in the world, but I don’t see it. Perhaps that’s my problem. Am I crazy for… — Cyma Rizwaan Khan Copy Share Image
“You can't compare men or women with mental disorders to the normal expectations of men and women in without mental orders. Your… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“People who’ve Been to Hell and Back develop a certain sort of self-righteousness. There is a tendency to say: I have an… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“People will tell you that you’re broken. Don’t believe them. They were not the person that could help you. They have not… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“He’s been looking at my file. So the question has to be right there on the tip of his tongue right about… — Cyma Rizwaan Khan Copy Share Image
“All expression is missing from her face and he sees that her eyes look totally blank. He says with fear gripping his… — Jane E. Ryan Copy Share Image
“What was that bit about fish sticks?” he asked, climbing back into the SUV. “Oh, pretty clever of her actually, though I… — Christina Garner Copy Share Image
“victim noun \ˈvik-təm\ 1. The moment you tell everyone you have a mental disorder, in order to excuse your behavior.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Love heals all. Love overcomes all. And though you cannot love someone's illness away. Sometimes it is best to love them at… — Kara Petrovic Copy Share Image
“I rather be a stupid person wanting clarification and answers, in order to be wiser, than be a stupid person that blindly… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“While a psychiatric diagnosis can serve a purpose in treatment plans, it should not become a tool to discredit a person's disclosure… — Lee Ann Hoff Copy Share Image
“I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The DSM-IV-TR is a 943-page textbook published by the American Psychiatric Association that sells for $99...There are currently 374 mental disorders. I… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it can be as brutally overwhelming as a tidal wave flooding every orifice, the suffocation, the pressure, the immensity of this… — Moonshine Noire Copy Share Image
“Half of the time, the Holy Ghost tries to warn us about certain people that come into our life. The other half… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
