“I won't say that writing tamed the Black Beast. It soothed him, though, enough so he agreed simply to occupy a corner of my mind...Gradually, I redirected my focus and skills towards causes much closer to my own heart: writing… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“It’s a little-known secret, and it should probably stay that way: attempting suicide usually jump-starts your brain chemistry. There must be something about taking… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“...love is a chemical imbalance, too. That perilous highs and desperate lows and extravagant flurries of mood are not always symptoms of a broken… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
True beauty, I realized,is not the absence of ugliness, but the acceptance of it — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“The memory of sustenance is a terrible thing. Far worse, I think, than actual starving. Starving just kills you. Longing can gnaw away at… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“These flies were half the size of my fist. They came at you and stuck to you with a single-minded purpose you had to… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“Was drug induced happy still happy? Was it the right kind of happy? Did it count?” — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“I actually stopped talking. I actually listened. So I knew that I wasn't all the way manic, because when you're all the way manic… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“True beauty is not the absence of ugliness, but the acceptance of it.” — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“[ ] manic sex isn't really intercourse. It's dicourse, just another way to ease the insatiable need for contact and communication. In place of… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“The world is essentially bipolar: driven to extremes but defined by flux. Saints are always just a stumble away from sinners. Nothing is absolute,… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“Without the darkness, how can we ever hope to understand the light?” — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
“Happiness is fine, in its season, but happiness out of season is a sure harbinger of doom.” — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
![“I won't say that writing tamed the Black Beast. It soothed him, though, enough so he agreed simply to occupy a corner of my mind...Gradually, I redirected my focus and skills towards causes much closer to my own heart: writing and mental health advocacy. [...] I felt so good at times that I even…” quote by Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a3/terri-cheney-27205_health_i-won-t-say-that-writing-tamed-the-black_3167266.jpg)
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