--- title: "9 Mental disorder Quotes By Jon Ronson" description: "9 Mental disorder quotes by Jon Ronson. Plus more from Jon Ronson and more Mental disorder sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/jon-ronson-1772_diagnosed_i-wonder-if-i-ve-got-any-of-the-374-ment_21644.png" --- > [“I wonder if I’ve got any of the 374 mental disorders,” I thought. I opened the manual again. And I instantly diagnosed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/i-wonder-if-i-ve-got-any-of-the-374-mental-disorders-i-thought-i/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/jon-ronson-1772_diagnosed_i-wonder-if-i-ve-got-any-of-the-374-ment_21644.png) > [“complicated human behavior was increasingly getting labeled a mental disorder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/complicated-human-behavior-was-increasingly-getting-labeled-a-mental/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/jon-ronson-1772_habits_complicated-human-behavior-was-increasin_880787.png) > [“I hadn’t realized what a collage of mental disorders my whole life has been,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/i-hadn-t-realized-what-a-collage-of-mental-disorders-my-whole-life/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d51/jon-ronson-1772_life_i-hadn-t-realized-what-a-collage-of-ment_3175085.png) > [“maybe the American Psychiatric Association had a crazy desire to label all life a mental disorder. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/maybe-the-american-psychiatric-association-had-a-crazy-desire-to/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/jon-ronson-1772_life_maybe-the-american-psychiatric-associati_711608.png) > [“The killer's name was Michael Stone and he was a known psychopath. He had previous convictions. But the law stated that only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/the-killer-s-name-was-michael-stone-and-he-was-a-known-psychopath-he/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/jon-ronson-1772_crime_the-killer-s-name-was-michael-stone-and_2064160.jpg) > [“the American physician Samuel Cartwright identifying in 1851 a mental disorder, drapetomania, evident only in slaves. The sole symptom was “the desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/the-american-physician-samuel-cartwright-identifying-in-1851-a-mental/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/jon-ronson-1772_mental-disorder_the-american-physician-samuel-cartwright_1291029.png) > [When I asked Robert Spitzer about the possibility that he'd inadvertently created a world in which ordinary behaviours were being labelled mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/when-i-asked-robert-spitzer-about-the-possibility-that-he-d/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cae/jon-ronson-1772_answers_when-i-asked-robert-spitzer-about-the-po_1008701.png) > [“I was much crazier than I had imagined. Or maybe it was a bad idea to read the DSM-IV when you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/i-was-much-crazier-than-i-had-imagined-or-maybe-it-was-a-bad-idea-to/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/jon-ronson-1772_bad-idea_i-was-much-crazier-than-i-had-imagined-o_1007499.png) > [“The DSM-IV-TR is a 943-page textbook published by the American Psychiatric Association that sells for $99...There are currently 374 mental disorders. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/the-dsm-iv-tr-is-a-943-page-textbook-published-by-the-american/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/jon-ronson-1772_mental-disorder_the-dsm-iv-tr-is-a-943-page-textbook-pub_3162043.png) ## Other authors on Mental disorder - [Thomas D. Taylor 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mental-disorder/thomas-d-taylor/) ## More by Jon Ronson > [Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/sometimes-labeling-is-only-useful-like-with-ocd-once-you-re-labeled/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [“I wonder if I’ve got any of the 374 mental disorders,” I thought. I opened the manual again. And I instantly diagnosed myself with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/i-wonder-if-i-ve-got-any-of-the-374-mental-disorders-i-thought-i/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [Trying to prove you’re not a psychopath is even harder than trying to prove you’re not mentally ill,’ said Tony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/trying-to-prove-you-re-not-a-psychopath-is-even-harder-than-trying-to/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [“It may very well be that the frotteurist is a helpless victim in the clutches of his obsession, but it’s equally possible that he’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/it-may-very-well-be-that-the-frotteurist-is-a-helpless-victim-in-the/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [“We are defining the boundaries of normality by tearing apart the people outside of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/we-are-defining-the-boundaries-of-normality-by-tearing-apart-the/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [My worryingly paradoxical thought process could be summarized thus: Thank God I don't believe in the secret rulers of the world. Imagine what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/my-worryingly-paradoxical-thought-process-could-be-summarized-thus/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/friends-are-the-fruitcake-of-life-some-nutty-some-soaked-in-alcohol/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [“The consensus from the beginning was that only 1 percent of humans had it, but the chaos they caused was so far-reaching it could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/the-consensus-from-the-beginning-was-that-only-1-percent-of-humans/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [“That's an incredibly depressing thought," I said "that if you're in a room and at one end lies madness and at the other end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/that-s-an-incredibly-depressing-thought-i-said-that-if-you-re-in-a/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [The world outside Twitter was great. I read books. I reconnected with people I knew from real life and met them for drinks in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/the-world-outside-twitter-was-great-i-read-books-i-reconnected-with/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [“What a brilliant cover story. In a success-obsessed society like this one, what's the best rock to hide something under? It's the rock called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/what-a-brilliant-cover-story-in-a-success-obsessed-society-like-this/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [Guy Savelli's role in the War on Terror began when half-a-dozen strangers, within days of one another, contacted him via e-mail and telephone in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/guy-savelli-s-role-in-the-war-on-terror-began-when-half-a-dozen/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/my-paranoia-never-ends-but-i-haven-t-been-paranoid-about-being-spied/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [“It is an awful lot harder, Tony told me, to convince people you’re sane than it is to convince them you’re crazy. “I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/it-is-an-awful-lot-harder-tony-told-me-to-convince-people-you-re-sane/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) > [It is slightly chilling to realize there are rational, functional people up there employed to spot, nurture, and exploit those down here among us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/it-is-slightly-chilling-to-realize-there-are-rational-functional/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mental-disorder/jon-ronson/#itemlist", "name": "9 Mental disorder Quotes By Jon Ronson", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I wonder if I’ve got any of the 374 mental disorders,” I thought. 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