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 once it started I found it impossible to stop the cycle. My thoughts twisted in a… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
It seemed to me the basic definition of mental illness, this persistent, painful inability to simply be with someone else. It might be lifelong,… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
“We live in a culture where we put our most intimate secrets on the Internet and have no idea who our next- door neighbors… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
A broken leg can be remembered and located: "It hurt right below my knee, it throbbed, I felt sick at my stomach." But mental… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
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… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
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,… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
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… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
“The brain is the only organ that tries to make sense of its pain. It is as if the bone were trying to understand… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
Reality is rarely what we imagine. Great and noble things do not always happen for great and noble reasons. — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
Even at this stage, my preparations were like strapping on a parachute in an airplane that was about to crash; the whole time I… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
“The unexamined life is not worth living, but the unlived life is not worth examining.” — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
I yearned to get better; I told myself I was getting better. In fact, the depression was still there, like a powerful undertow. Sometimes… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
