“There are such things as delusions, but not every unlikely vision that the mentally ill have is imaginary.” — Shepherd Hoodwin Copy Share Image
As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to… — Andy Behrman 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
“The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
We share in the certainty that people labeled with mental illness are first and above all, human beings. Our lives are precious… — Patricia Deegan Copy Share Image
“My reflection followed me mercilessly in mirrors, car doors, shop windows. I lived in a world of circus mirrors, the grotesque distortion… — Bethany Pierce Copy Share Image
“Am I a mindless fool? My life is a fragment, a disconnected dream that has no continuity. I am so tired of… — Ross David Burke Copy Share Image
You need community support. You're pretty defeated when you're laid low with a mental illness. It's a frightening place to be, and… — Margaret Trudeau Copy Share Image
You can have a disordered relationship with food, but to have an eating disorder is indicative of a mental illness, which I… — Troian Bellisario Copy Share Image
“She made a sound of frustration that no one else could hear. She’d heard that restraining expression of high emotion creates terminal… — Victoria Danann Copy Share Image
A young man is afraid of his demon and puts his hand over the demon's mouth sometimes and speaks for him. And… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
It's very painful to love someone who is wrestling with either an addiction or a mental illness because you want the best… — Maya Forbes Copy Share Image
“The truth will set you free, they say, but believe me, nothing will set you free.” — Ava Farmehri Copy Share Image
Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness… — Iain McGilchrist Copy Share Image
I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also. People don't develop a mental illness because they are in the… — John Forbes Nash, Jr Copy Share Image
“Life wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t supposed to be. Eternal beauty could not exist if it were not for the face of… — Allie Burke Copy Share Image
“Another piano falls, but this time it's me— or my lascivious loneliness, or my grab bag of mental instabilities and emotional shortcomings,… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off… — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is… — Philip O Ceallaigh Copy Share Image
“You see, people in the depressive position are often stigmatised as ‘failures' or ‘losers'. Of course, nothing could be further from the… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
