“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 all those pills that either floods the brain sufficiently or depletes it so completely that balance is restored. Whatever the mechanism, the result is that you emerge on the other side of the attempt with an… — Terri Cheney Copy Share
“At least when I was an adult, I had a name for what was wrong with me: manic depression. It's easier to… — 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… — 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 all those pills that either floods the brain sufficiently or depletes it so completely that balance is restored. Whatever the mechanism, the result is that you emerge on the other side of the attempt with an… — Terri Cheney Copy Share
“...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)
![“[ ] 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)
