Insanity consists of building major structures upon foundations which do not exist. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy. — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenge are events in life, not life itself. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself.… — Clara Hughes Copy Share Image
... it is possible for even the most deeply disturbed and desperately unbalanced among us to be a beautiful person. — George Howe Colt Copy Share Image
I just felt as though I would never be happy again, and as if I had fallen into a big black hole. — Brooke Shields Copy Share Image
“I mention a paradox of psychiatry: mental illness is recognized by the patient's distorted thoughts, but treatment is largely indifferent to their… — Michael Greenberg Copy Share Image
Physically, I'm healthy as a horse, always held up. But in the mental illness department, I got my share. It's just what… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
“Mental illness didn’t really change people. It just made them more of who they were going to be anyway. Mental illness was… — Heather Sellers Copy Share Image
We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We're… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“I see now the virtue in madness, for this country knows no law nor any boundary. I pity the poor shades confined… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
“The words on the pages within this book are solely dedicated to victims of bullying, those that ever have or still do… — Kathryn Perez Copy Share Image
There's a book called 'You're Not a Stranger Here' by Adam Haslett - short stories, a lot of them are about mental… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
Every pore of you is crying and you don't even understand why or what. I actually kind of died and got born… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
“As Lynn began getting psychologically better, she took me to a variety of sites. She taught me how to read trail markers.… — Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
Fighting for kids has been my lifelong mission. Right out of high school, I went to work at a camp that served… — Laura Kelly Copy Share Image
“Debasement? Yes, I write about debasement. I write about a lot of nasty things: obsession, violence, sex, religion, politics, death, and mental… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Yr had a region called the Fear-bog. Lactamaeon had taken her there once to see the monsters and corpses of her nightmares… — Joanne Greenberg Copy Share Image
I live in Venice Beach so I see this all day, every day. Some people just ignore people with mental illness, pretend… — Lori Petty 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
“I resolved to come right to the point. "Hello," I said as coldly as possible, "we've got to talk." "Yes, Bob," he… — Robert B. Oxnam Copy Share Image
“The Kinsey staff asked questions of children, learning about sexuality in the family. And other psychologists, psychiatrists and paediatricians, including Benjamin Spock,… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
For eight years I was an inmate in a state asylum for the insane. During those years I passed through such unbearable… — Frances Farmer Copy Share Image
“With thousands of years of history frozen in time, it's no wonder that many southerners like me romanticize the north as a… — Shannon M Mullen Copy Share Image
“People with mental illnesses are then made to believe that they are somehow inferior to everyone else around them. They feel shame,… — Carol Franklin 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
“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
Not talking about mental illness is killing people. We need that to stop. — Mauro Ranallo Copy Share Image
“You want to be there for me but an anxiety attack is a solitary activity.” — R. YS Perez Copy Share Image
Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice. — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
Children certainly can't learn if they're dealing with trauma or mental illness. — Kim Reynolds Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness. — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
I didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Colds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are. — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
