Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance. — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Nervous breakdowns can be highly underrated methods of spiritual transformation. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The world is, for the most part, a collective madhouse, and practically everyone, however "normal" his facade, is faking sanity. — John Astin Copy Share Image
The secret of good health and happiness is to have rather small illnesses throughout your life which you can rely on to… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
I know people who have had near-death experiences or who have experienced terminal illness and come through the other side. — Chris Sullivan Copy Share Image
Why is it that wellnesses are not as contagious as illnesses--generally speaking, but also especially regarding taste? Or are there epidemics of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We need employers to have an open mind about people with mental illness, and be willing to employ people, with the right… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
Americans are blessed with a can-do spirit - we don't give up, even in the face of a daunting challenge like a… — Alex Azar Copy Share Image
“In the United States, people with depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia are losing twelve to twenty years in life expectancy compared to people… — Robert Whitaker Copy Share Image
Ada girl, adored girl, [...] I'm a radiant void. I'm convalescing after a long and dreadful illness. You cried over my unseemly… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Were she better, or you sicker, then the stars would not be so terribly crossed, but it is the nature of stars… — John Green Copy Share Image
Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
No one in our society needs to be told that exercise is good for us. Whether you are overweight or have a… — Sonja Lyubomirsky Copy Share Image
I have been exposed to a great deal of the issues surrounding PTSD, but what I have learned that is most relevant… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
I am one of millions who have been treated for depression and gotten well; I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The surgeon general is responsible for sharing scientifically-based information with the public so that they can improve their health. But I will… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to… — Evie Wyld Copy Share Image
The mind commands the body, and it obeys forthwith; the mind commands itself, and is resisted. The mind commands the hand to… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Sometimes ... we find that even when we do our best to serve the Lord, we still suffer. You may know someone… — David E. Sorensen Copy Share Image
What is love?” “I don’t know.” “Love is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Füsun whenever they travel along… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“We are all hostages of time. We each have the same number of minutes and hours to live within a day, yet… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Copy Share Image
Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
It was clear: I was sick. I never used to dream. They say in the old days it was the most normal… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Infatuation is one of those slightly comic illnesses which are at once so undignified and so painful that a nice-minded world does… — Margery Allingham Copy Share Image
“Futility. Uselessness. Bloody entrophy. Death matters, at least sometimes.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
it is the worst humiliation and grievance of the suffering, that they cause suffering. — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health. — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Mental illness and depression are the reason why I no longer have a father. — Caroline Calloway Copy Share Image
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