“Manic-depression is a disease that both kills and gives life. Fire, by its nature, both creates and destroys.” — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Manic depression in general is something that runs in my family, and it's something that I battle with. — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle. — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
“Manic depression is like tunnel vision for the good things. But the trouble really begins when you're out of the tunnel. The… — Matthijs Desendere Copy Share Image
“He doesn't have anything like wisdom of age or hindsight. He's a biased historian of self, an emotional revisionist. We all are,… — Marc Maron 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… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar… — Ned Beatty Copy Share Image
I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] ... and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I was diagnosed with ADD - see also: raised on sugary cereals and cartoons - and manic depression. So I was prescribed… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
In total, I was diagnosed with depression by eight psychotherapists and psychiatrists over a period of thirteen years. Diagnosed wrong. Absolutely wrong.… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
“Love is not enough. It takes courage to grab my father's demon, my own, or - God help me - my child's… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
“It's difficult. I take a low dose of lithium nightly. I take an antidepressant for my darkness because prayer isn't enough. My… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
My mother was quite poorly. She suffered from bipolar disorder, which at that time was called manic depression. She spent a lot… — Caroline Quentin Copy Share Image
If I were to peruse a survey of label options, as they exist now, they either sound like a time bomb disorder… — Paul Dalio Copy Share Image
Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are more creative… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“I don’t exist metal pressed to pages spilling blood, ink in vein each thought rages Sunlight shooting through a forest of pines… — Abby Musgrove Copy Share Image
“Bipolar illness, manic depression, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis. That’s a nice way of saying you will feel so high that no street… — Christine F. Anderson Copy Share Image
“The black devil and the blue devil: that was how he’d come to think of the two opposing sides of his nature.… — Grace Callaway Copy Share Image
“Compared to bipolar's magic, reality seems a raw deal. It's not just the boredom that makes recovery so difficult, it's the slow… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
“Ruefully, nobody perceives me as exceptionally gifted, intelligent, handsome, or physically strong. My sense of alienation stems from an inferiority complex, depressive… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“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
“When I am high I couldn’t worry about money if I tried. So I don’t. The money will come from somewhere; I… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Lithium regulates the proteins that control the body’s inner clock. This clock runs, oddly, on DNA, inside special neurons deep in the… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image
“I didn't realize there was a ranking." I said. "Sadie frowned. "What do you mean?" "A ranking," I said. "You know, what's… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
Evidence is strongly suggesting Bipolar Disorder - previously known as Manic Depression - may be dramatically increasing in modern society. — Gordon Parker Copy Share Image
“I have never seen battles quite as terrifyingly beautiful as the ones I fight when my mind splinters and races, to swallow… — Nicole Lyons Copy Share Image
“It gets harder as times go by, because memory is the first casualty of manic depression. When I'm manic, all I remember… — Terry Cheney Copy Share Image
I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with… — Daniel Johnston 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… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
When you are mad, mad like this, you don't know it. Reality is what you see. When what you see shifts, departing… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich may have inherited his mother's manic depression. Nevertheless, one observes… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you… — Stephen Fry 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
![“[ ] manic sex isn't really intercourse. It's dicourse, just another way to ease the insatiable need for contact and communication. In place of words, I simply spoke with my skin.” quote by Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aea/terri-cheney-27205_communication_manic-sex-isn-t-really-intercourse-it-s_1599815.jpg)
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