Bipolar Quote by Aretaeus of Cappadocia

Mania is as bad as it gets. If not treated, it will become worse, more frequent, and harder to treat.

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Whereas the melancholic exhibits a state of general inhibition, in the manic patient even normal inhibitions of the instincts are partly or wholly abolished.

— Karl Abraham

Mania is fun. I won't lie, it's fun. But it's usually followed by a soul-crushing depression.

— Chris Gethard

The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.

— Karl Abraham

“We can postulate that there must be diseases founded on a conflict between ego and super-ego. Analysis gives us the right to infer that…

— Sigmund Freud

Manic depressive is a disease.

— Debbie Reynolds

Mania can be as terrifying as it gets. It is certainly as insane as one gets and so it's frightening when it gets out…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“My manias, at least in their early and mild forms, were absolutely intoxicating states that gave rise to great personal pleasure, an incomparable flow…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“People who think a lot are more prone to mania than people who do not think a lot. That intelligent, creative, and thoughtful people…

— Eric Maisel

We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Melancholia for Freud is the relationship that the subject takes up with respect to itself from the position of what he calls conscience or…

— Simon Critchley

Being maniacal about something is very helpful.

— Bill Gates