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> [Even at this stage, my preparations were like strapping on a parachute in an airplane that was about to crash; the whole time I was preparing to hurl myself out the door, I clung to the hope that something would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/even-at-this-stage-my-preparations-were-like-strapping-on-a-parachute/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

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## More by Tracy Thompson

> [It seemed to me the basic definition of mental illness, this persistent, painful inability to simply be with someone else. It might be lifelong,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/it-seemed-to-me-the-basic-definition-of-mental-illness-this/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [“We live in a culture where we put our most intimate secrets on the Internet and have no idea who our next- door neighbors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/we-live-in-a-culture-where-we-put-our-most-intimate-secrets-on-the/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [A broken leg can be remembered and located: "It hurt right below my knee, it throbbed, I felt sick at my stomach." But mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/a-broken-leg-can-be-remembered-and-located-it-hurt-right-below-my/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [I don't know when the idea of suicide first occurred to me. In some ways, it had been in the back of my mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/i-don-t-know-when-the-idea-of-suicide-first-occurred-to-me-in-some/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers, actors, artists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/having-a-mood-disorder-is-not-synonymous-with-having-artistic-talent/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [The anxiety was like poison ivy. It took nothing to set off that mental itch-a chance remark, remembering an event from the day before-but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/the-anxiety-was-like-poison-ivy-it-took-nothing-to-set-off-that/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [“The brain is the only organ that tries to make sense of its pain. It is as if the bone were trying to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/the-brain-is-the-only-organ-that-tries-to-make-sense-of-its-pain-it/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [Reality is rarely what we imagine. Great and noble things do not always happen for great and noble reasons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/reality-is-rarely-what-we-imagine-great-and-noble-things-do-not/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [Even at this stage, my preparations were like strapping on a parachute in an airplane that was about to crash; the whole time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/even-at-this-stage-my-preparations-were-like-strapping-on-a-parachute/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [Better to inflict pain on myself than to let other people do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/better-to-inflict-pain-on-myself-than-to-let-other-people-do-it/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [“The unexamined life is not worth living, but the unlived life is not worth examining.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/the-unexamined-life-is-not-worth-living-but-the-unlived-life-is-not/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

> [I yearned to get better; I told myself I was getting better. In fact, the depression was still there, like a powerful undertow. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-thompson/i-yearned-to-get-better-i-told-myself-i-was-getting-better-in-fact/)

[Tracy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-thompson/)

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