I think people who come from abuse and/or people who have mental illnesses, have terrible self-esteem problems. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often… — Steve Lopez Copy Share Image
The funny part of it all is that relatively few people seem to go crazy, relatively few even a little crazy or… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
“One of the many facets of Navajo culture that appeals to me is the lack of value attached to vengeance. This ‘eye… — Anne Hillerman Copy Share Image
Vancouver houses one of North America's largest open air drug markets and has a dense and heartbreaking problem with homelessness and mental… — Mark Brand Copy Share Image
“The report, “The Impact of Mental Illness Stigma on Seeking and Participating in Mental Health Care,” and the accompanying commentary, “Creating and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything previously moving with the grain is now against - you are irritable, angry, frightened, uncontrollable, and enmeshed totally in the blackest… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Maybe I am losing it. They say a big sign of mental illness is not knowing you have it. But isn't it… — Dakota Lane Copy Share Image
I'm trying to push for common-sense gun reform and mental illness reform so we can make sure that these individuals that have… — David Hogg Copy Share Image
It seemed to me the basic definition of mental illness, this persistent, painful inability to simply be with someone else. It might… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
“The word is dissociate. There is no 'a' before the 'ss'. People invariably say dis-a-ssociate, which, if you're suffering Disso-ciative Identity Disorder/Multiple… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“What daily life is like for “a multiple” Imagine that you have periods of “lost time.” You may find writings or drawings… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Having DID is, for many people, a very lonely thing. If this book reaches some people whose experiences resonate with mine and… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“So, what role does memory play in the understanding and treatment of trauma? There is a form of implicit memory that is… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“How have individuals been affected by the technological advances of recent years? Here is the answer to this question given by a… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“As an undergraduate student in psychology, I was taught that multiple personalities were a very rare and bizarre disorder. That is all… — Deborah Bray Haddock Copy Share Image
Creative people often feel highs of joy and lows of sorrow that others may never experience, and perhaps could not even handle… — Duncan Long Copy Share Image
I was in danger of having my children taken away from me when I needed five weeks in psychiatric care ... There… — Trisha Goddard 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
“Ever since puberty, ever since I was 11 or 12, I've had cyclical depression. That's something that has been a defining feature… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary halt on… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
“VII of Denmark, he became regent of Denmark when the king’s life-long mental illness grew extreme enough to create a power vacuum.… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
It can be difficult for people to talk about it, because there still is that stigma around mental illness. But I would… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“If there is one central intellectual reality at the end of the twentieth century, it is that the biological approach to psychiatry--treating… — Edward Shorter 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
“Many empaths are diagnosed with chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, CFS, lupus, and various autoimmune diseases, as well as psychological disorders such… — Aletheia Luna Copy Share Image
I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am bipolar, and I am proud. And that is why I wanted to write a book. To shine a light on… — AJ Lee Copy Share Image
I think it's really easy to approach a touchy subject head-on, but 'Sharp Objects' does it in a way that's subtle and… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
“Sharon dropped to her knees and reached her hand over the edge. The gesture was supposed to be a sign of support.… — Christopher Pike Copy Share Image
“The brave men and women, who serve their country and as a result, live constantly with the war inside them, exist in… — Robert Koger Copy Share Image
“I was lost in a void of perpetual darkness. Disconnected from myself. Turned inside out. No sign of life. Eventually, the darkness… — B.G. Bowers Copy Share Image
Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
The Failure of Will theory is equally popular with people who are not depressed. Get out and take your mind off yourself,… — Chase Twichell Copy Share Image
Psychiatrists look for twisted molecules and defective genes as the causes of schizophrenia, because schizophrenia is the name of a disease. If… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I find human behavior to be fascinating, which is probably why I'm an actor, and I think that there are a lot… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
There's no grand excellence to it. In my experience it was just almost the gulaggy boringness of it that'll kill you. You're… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
“There is another real cost to linking gun violence with mental illness. Dr. Renee Binder, President of the American Psychiatric Association and… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
Sheeran is rarely political. Or preachy. He doesn't present a jet-set, Instagram-perfect, 'No Carbs Till Marbs' view of life. His songs are… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image