“This is as close as I've ever heard to a Thomas and Carmel argument. And as special as it is to listen… — Kendare blake Copy Share Image
“Having a mental illness is like a roller coaster ride. You don't jump off when it's still moving. You have to continue… — Stephanie Anne Allen Copy Share Image
“If this was mental illness, or even just a particularly clinical case of adolescence, I was bearing up pretty well.” — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“Being depressed and suicidal doesn't mean wanting to kill yourself every moment of every day. It may be a fixed obsession, but… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
There was a really positive environment in my household around a conversation about mental illness, and that helped me never really feel… — Noah Kahan Copy Share Image
At the back of my mind there is always a fear the depression could return but I do all the right things.… — Melanie Chisholm Copy Share Image
“I was struck by the image of Daddy still dressed in that same plaid shirt and undershirt with the bloodstains below the… — Earl B. Russell Copy Share Image
A large proportion of my best friends are a little bit crazy. ... I try to be cautious with my friends who… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“Attributing dissent to personality disorders is hardly an American invention. Soviet dissidents were routinely institutionalized in psychological hospitals, and Chinese dissidents are… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Crazy isn't being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me, amplified. — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its… — Tony Shalhoub Copy Share Image
“He doesn’t lock the door anymore—not out of courage, but quiet desperation. Each night, he lies there, hollowed and waiting, hoping a… — Jonathan Harnisch Copy Share Image
Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them. — Lysette Anthony Copy Share Image
You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
The sad truth is that millions of people with mental illness suffer stigma and prejudice, especially at work. — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
“Cheryl's growing awareness of her emotional difficulties was leading her to research multiple personality. As she had learned more about dissociation, she… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
There are people who are profoundly mentally ill. But we now have a very weird perspective on mental illness and what it… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
There was not an episode [on Perception] that didn't deal with some form of mental illness, either my own, or I would… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
A comedian is simply a different kind of therapist. A comedian is a psychologist and a psychiatrist rolled into one. Except I… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
“Viscosity occurs on a cellular level. And so does velocity.In contrast to viscosity's cellular coma, velocity endows every platelet and muscle fiber… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“Did I imagine the castle, the dungeon, the ritual orgies and violations? Did Lucy, Billy, Samuel, Eliza, Shirley and Kato make it… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent. Once you start integrating yourself into the world,… — J. Cornell Michel Copy Share Image
Above all, Alzheimer wanted the medical world to recognize that mental illnesses have an undeniable material component. There was an obvious political… — Margaret M. Lock Copy Share Image