“Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“James had taken his own life, but the need to do so was not something easily explained. He had the life he… — Hazel Butler Copy Share Image
“Was James bipolar?” The tears returned, and I watched her battle them. “We don’t use that word in our family.” I stared… — Hazel Butler Copy Share Image
“At first it's bliss. It's drunken, heady, intoxicating. It swallows the people we were - not particuarly wonderful people, but people who… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“Creativity is closely associated with bipolar disorder. This condition is unique . Many famous historical figures and artists have had this. Yet… — Preeti Shenoy Copy Share Image
“I was diagnosed with ADHD in my mid fifties and I was given Ritalin and Dexedrine. These are stimulant medications. They elevate… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“What most people call talent is our way to vent, and if we’re not discovered it will never pay the rent.” — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
In the terms of 'Mental Illness' Isn't stable a place they put horses that wish to run free? — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
I had been falsely diagnosed with everything from ADHD to bipolar disorder. — James Bowen Copy Share Image
I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed. I can't keep pretending. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Except you cannot outrun insanity, anymore than you can outrun your own shadow.” — Alyssa Reyans Copy Share Image
“An intensely gripping narrative...expertly crafted and totally addictive...a must read!” — Maggie Reese Copy Share Image
“Maybe he’s suffering from a psychotic condition? Bipolar disorder? Depression?” My” — R.S. Grey Copy Share Image
“Everything is, the way it is, for a reason. Or it isn't. Or neither. Or both. It's so hard to tell. It's… — Alistair McHarg Copy Share Image
“Truehope EMPowerplus is the only natural therapy studied and published in 25 medical journals for bipolar disorder.” — Jennifer Stephan Copy Share Image
Saying I don't take my meds because they make me feel funny. Is like cannibals saying they don't eat clowns because the… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
Bipolar depression really got my life off track, but today I'm proud to say I am living proof that someone can live,… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
I have not been an easygoing guy. I think it's called bipolar manic depression. I've got a rich history of that in… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
“Let me stop here and correct a very common misconception: personality disorders are not the same classification of mental health disorders, such… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
Bipolar expedition is an auto-biographical account spanning 12 years of my life suffering from and surviving clinical and manic depression. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bipolar disorder is a scary disease, but it is manageable. And I feel blessed that I was able to get the right… — Eric Millegan Copy Share Image
“Psychosis can happen out of the blue, to anyone, and no one knows why. Not even the best doctors on the planet.… — Jeannine Garsee Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed, I believed my illness would be my great, lifelong weakness. Bipolar disorder was to be my impenetrable prison,… — AJ Lee Copy Share Image
My personal style is bipolar. Sometimes I feel like dressing in a boyish leather jacket, other times I want to dress more… — John Smis Copy Share Image
I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Reblog if you struggle with depression, or an eating disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADD/ADHD, OCD, if you self harm, are suicidal or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Where would the memoir be without bipolar writers? I mean, that's what - that whole oversharing thing is really a very clear… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
You have a choice when you are bipolar (everybody does)... either blame the world and scream out how messed up your life… — Cori Morton Copy Share Image
I had cut myself off from everyone. I didn't come out of my room, forget stepping out of the house. I had… — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
“A large portion of my day is devoted to obsessively surfing the Internet. I'm addicted to knowledge, to be filled in on… — J.C. Mells Copy Share Image
“The doctor’s words made me understand what happened to me was a dark, evil, and shameful secret, and by association I too… — Alyssa Reyans Copy Share Image
“So people feel tired, wired, and stressed at the same time. In one group of patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder, more… — Daniel G. Amen Copy Share Image
“For some reason the word “chronic” often has to be explained. It does not mean severe, though many chronic conditions can be… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33 Freyd: You were also looking for some operational criteria for false memory syndrome: what a… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“How do you know? You said lithium didn’t work for some people. It’s not working for me!’ ‘Till the end of the… — Tabitha Suzuma Copy Share Image
“Although it is important to be able to recognise and disclose symptom of physical illnesses or injury, you need to be more… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Depression, somehow, is much more in line with society's notions of what women are all about: passive, sensitive, hopeless, helpless, stricken, dependent,… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Bipolar disorder can be disruptive and confidence sapping at times, but it does not mean life should grind to a halt.” — Jerry Kennard Copy Share Image
