Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it.… — YASS Copy Share Image
Not a few patients, however, suffering from certain forms of mental disorder, regain a high degree of insight into their mental condition… — Clifford Whittingham Beers Copy Share Image
“Psychiatrist David Shainberg argued that mental illness, which appears chaotic, is actually the reverse. Mental illness occurs when images of the self… — John Briggs Copy Share Image
...The ...experts of the FDA have declared Laetrile to be worthless...quackery and fraud...These experts are the professional descendants of experts...confident that mental… — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
A time will come, and soon, when, from mere habit, you will echo the scream of every delirious wretch that harbors near… — Charles Robert Maturin Copy Share Image
They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental… — Naomi Judd Copy Share Image
“He wondered at the atrocities human kind was capable of committing. The majority of those housed below were ill, mentally or physically,… — Brynn Chapman Copy Share Image
“If you expand the boundaries of mental illness, which is clealry what has happened in this country during the past twenty-five years,… — Robert Whitaker Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Cousin Mary hoped her journey through periods of dark and light was like that of a Swiss train toiling up the mountainside,… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“The point is, the brain talks to itself, and by talking to itself changes its perceptions. To make a new version of… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“To begin consciously searching into the world of mental illness is to see it snap into focus before your eyes. It is… — Ron Powers Copy Share Image
“Medical research has revealed that in about one-tenth of the population, the liver processes alcohol differently, releasing a chemical messenger that creates… — Kaylie Jones Copy Share Image
Punishment by definition isn't going to help. So what you need to do is to help people to change and recover is… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
“The biology of potential illness arises early in life. The brain’s stress-response mechanisms are programmed by experiences beginning in infancy, and so… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“In response to threat and injury, animals, including humans, execute biologically based, non-conscious action patterns that prepare them to meet the threat… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
I knew for years I wanted to write a novel that addressed the personal trauma of my older sister, who suffered -… — David Means Copy Share Image
“Deception' is the word I most associate with anorexia and the treachery which comes from falsehood. The illness appears inviting. It would… — Carol Lee Copy Share Image
With mental health, it's not like there's a box where you're healthy and another box where you've got a mental illness. You… — Tina Smith Copy Share Image
“My life isn't good or bad. It's an incredible series of emotional and mental extremes, with beautiful thunderstorms and stunning sunrises. Some… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
I've thought about my relationship to my body, my body dysmorphia, and what that means as someone who's like, 'Oh, I'm going… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
Severe mental illness like psychosis can lead to a tragedy like this - that people can see things that aren't real and… — Andrea Yates Copy Share Image
My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“I now know for certain that my mind and emotions, my fix on the real and my family's well-being, depend on just… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
“At the end of his life, which had included financial ruin in the Great Depression, his wife's barbiturate addiction and death by… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And Kate thought about a time, long ago, when she had witnessed an ongoing romance between two mental patients. As a teenager… — Sabrynne McLain Copy Share Image
“What I failed to see was that, by ending my life, I would cause interminable pain to my family and friends. I… — Kevin Hines Copy Share Image
“The people we love get under our skin and crawl through our veins and fine their way into our heart. They choke… — Katrina Leno Copy Share Image
“The Bad-Moon Girls appear on days when Dad doesn't know what he is thinking, or even if he is thinking. Those days… — Joanna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Half of the time, the Holy Ghost tries to warn us about certain people that come into our life. The other half… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Now his work-mates pitied him, although they tried not to show it, and it was generally arranged that he was given jobs… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“Try describing a few of the most wildly successful pop albums of the twentieth century without mentioning the artist and title. A… — Dan Fox 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
“False humility is a form of psychosis which was imprinted on most of us since birth. It is a mental illness because… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
“First agriculture, and then industry, changed two fundamental things about the human experience. The accumulation of personal property allowed people to make… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“It is so much more threatening to have something out of hand than to believe that at any moment I can stop… — Flora Rheta Schreiber Copy Share Image
“Cheryl was aided in her search by the Internet. Each time she remembered a name that seemed to be important in her… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“But since Catt was more realist than fabulist, she understood her actual death at the hands of her killer would be something… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
“Thinking - thinking real hard. My grandmother knew when I was down. She knew what to do She would encourage me to… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“ Tempting as it may be to draw one conclusion or another from my story and universalize it to apply to another's experience,… — Rachel Reiland Copy Share Image
