“I finally understood what could drive kids to show up with guns and shoot up their schools.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, he is mad. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two. — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I was a psycho woman. It felt like something in me that I had no control over. — Katie Price Copy Share Image
“Everyone wanted me to feed them that story—darkness to light, weakness to strength, broken to whole. I wanted it, too.” — John Green Copy Share Image
When I was sectioned for six months, that was one of the worst experiences of my life, not being able to go… — Adam Ant Copy Share Image
“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“SAMHSA treatment referral helpline: 1-877- SAMHSA7. It can be a long and difficult road, but mental illness is treatable. There is hope,… — John Green Copy Share Image
The war on drugs is very, very real, and the war on helping people with mental illness is very, very real. — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
Some of the very greatest gifts bring an inevitable downside which you cannot "cure" without curing the gift at the same time. — Stephanie S. Tolan Copy Share Image
Finding a calm place inside myself through meditation kind of helped me to get over a lot of mental illness ... it's… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed and open about it than somebody perfect and...you know...… — Ned Vizzini It's kind of a Funny Story Copy Share Image
The absurdly neurotic role you and the rest of your kind have always attributed to me Erato, the Goddess Muse of Erotic… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I've had a mental illness for nearly half my life, and I can no longer imagine myself without it. It seems less… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“What will life be like without her? I am dreadfully sad she is leaving. What if she just disappears; gets tired of… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
Any other illness, any other disease that we're faced with, there's sympathy and understanding. We get help for those. With mental illness,… — Chris Wood Copy Share Image
“Though life may bring us grief and loss, there is always hope in the night. No matter how deep our sorrows may… — Jonathan Harnisch Copy Share Image
You must always be puzzled by mental illness. The thing I would dread most, if I became mentally ill, would be your… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Wanting to be on television is a mental illness. Wanting to be president of the United States, wanting to be an actor… — Keith Olbermann 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
“Really, the only people you should be comparing yourself to would be people who make you feel better by comparison. For instance,… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“The largest and most rigorous study that is currently available in this area is the third one commissioned by the British Home… — David Lisak Copy Share Image
“It is hard to bring paedophile rings to justice. Thankfully it does happen. Perhaps the most horrific recent case came before the… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
Schizophrenia --its nature, etiology, and the kind of therapy to use for it--remains one of the most puzzling of the mental illnesses.… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
It is an irony of medical history that even as Freud's later work would make him the progenitor of modern psychodynamic psychotherapy,… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“At that moment, when I had the TV sound off, I was in a 382 mood; I had just dialed it. So… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
It is tempting when looking at the life of anyone who has committed suicide to read into the decision to die a… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“It is safe to assume that, no matter how it appears, the attempt probably did not come out of the blue. Look… — Andrew Slaby Copy Share Image
“The stigma of mental illness is first and foremost a social justice issue!” — Patrick W. Corrigan Copy Share Image
“Love, like madness, can only fill the models that society makes available.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Going mad is the beginning of a process, it's not meant to be the end result.” — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Well, I thought, last night I paid my dues. I faced death. Now I can stay. — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think love lyrics have contributed to the general aura of bad mental health in America. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
“I face my trauma because I believe in breaking cycles, not repeating them.” — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
Sanity remains defined simply by the ability to cope with insane conditions. — Anna Castillo Copy Share Image
