Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
“Taxpayers and legislators alike seem generally ignorant of the extent to which they are being soaked by the hidden costs of this… — Ron Powers Copy Share Image
Most people have been touched by the battles of mental illness in some way or another. It's either going on in their… — Tom Kitt Copy Share Image
“I myself must also say I believe it is true that in the end humanitarianism will triumph; only I fear that at… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
The vast numbers of people who suffer some kind of mental illness under capitalism can either think, 'there is some failing with… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers,… — Tracy Thompson 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
“Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“There is an element of selfishness to this, I suppose. It feels pretty good to be able to so quickly help someone.… — Kitty Dukakis Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this is the bottom line to mental illness: incomprehensible events occur; your life becomes a bin for hoax-like fluctuations of what… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“...his condition in Roanoke is a strong testament that lassitude, indifference and the peculiarities of his thought were primarily the consequences of… — Sylvia Nasar Copy Share Image
“It goes without saying that all mental illnesses are neurologically instantiated, but this says nothing about their causation. If it is true,… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
The constitution of madness as a mental illness, at the end of the eighteenth century, affords the evidence of a broken dialogue,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“And if we do speak out, we risk rejection and ridicule. I had a best friend once, the kind that you go… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you will go through awful trials in your life and then a miracle happens--God heals you. Don’t be disheartened when the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, she just wanted to escape… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
We enjoy a growing awareness and literacy around the symptoms of and remedies for mental illness. Thanks to brave public figures and… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
Certain people are more likely to use drugs because of whatever it is: They've suffered some trauma in their life. They have… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Whether it's someone struggling with mental illness, someone struggling with poverty or struggling with their own limitations in their social behaviors, for… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
If we are to believe the evidence from clinical trials there are many effective pharmacological and psychological treatments for mental illness. Epidemiological… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
“PART 2 I felt doomed to death, But in a flash, Before I could reduce my thoughts To an emotion, I felt… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Episodes is about discovery of one's psyche and true personality while being completely absorbed in one's one Mind and thoughts. A story… — Rodney Richards Copy Share Image
In other words, homosexuality was no longer to be considered an illegal form of debauchery or perversion in which one willingly engaged… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
People who have certain types of mental illness have different wiring in their brain. And part of that having a different kind… — H. A. Berlin Copy Share Image
“Every lineament of the girl's wasted body is a testament to her inner turmoil. Willow can only imagine what kind of pain… — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals… — David Karp Copy Share Image
“The thing about people who are truly and malignantly crazy: their real genius is for making the people around them think they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Often, when you're growing up, you don't know what's wrong. We don't talk openly enough about mental illness. How do you know… — Katherine Langford Copy Share Image
“Certain empty houses that seemed to stare like the faces of people suffering from terrible mental illness. An empty barn on the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
For people with mental illness, taking care of the body is not an automatic thing. The mind is in such chaos it's… — Linda Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The last time I went out at night in the city was almost a year ago. It began with anxiety, then I… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
“Sleeping is much safer than the nightmare I’m living. When I sleep I feel nothing and I do nothing and I see… — Shannon M Mullen Copy Share Image
With commitment and the right investments, we can create a San Francisco where no one is forced, relegated, or allowed to sleep… — London Breed Copy Share Image
The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“Nestled in the valley of darkness, in the deepest depths of depression, are the priceless gems of; creativity, intuition and sensitivity. The… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
The guilt I felt for having a mental illness was horrible. I prayed for a broken bone that would heal in six… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
The world's religions, for all their parochialism, did supply a kind of consolation for this great ache... This shattering recognition of our… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“Being trauma informed must include respecting and honouring the fact that what is learned from the experience of trauma is a kind… — Linde Zingaro Copy Share Image
