Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been for me, but nonetheless, it's difficult to deal with. Many get themselves into debt that can take years… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
When I'm manic, I'm so awake and alert, that my eyelashes fluttering on the pillow sound like thunder. — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful - who wouldn't be working twenty hour… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty. — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and addiction, which leaves you gasping from shock and laughing moments later: this is both the beauty and unique nature of her storytelling. With brilliance and courage, the author's brave and candid chronicle travels where no other memoir about… — Andy Behrman Copy Share
In my most psychotic stages, I imagine myself chewing on sidewalks and bulging and swallowing sunlight and clouds. — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals with friends… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
I counterfeited Mark Kostabi's artworks. During the eighties, Mark didn't paint his own paintings. Instead, he had other artists painting them, and he just… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
The guilt I felt for having a mental illness was horrible. I prayed for a broken bone that would heal in six weeks. But… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
There are lots of people with mental health disabilities, and that's just the way their life is; it's not like you see it in… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
“Bipolar disorder is about buying a dozen bottles of Heinz ketchup and all eight bottles of Windex in stock at the Food Emporium on Broadway at 4:00 a.m., flying from Zurich to the Bahamas and back to Zurich in three days to balance the hot and cold weather (my sweet and sour theory of bipolar disorder), carrying $20,000 in $100… — Andy Behrman Copy Share
