My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding… — Andy Behrman Abuse Copy Share Image
When I'm manic, I'm so awake and alert, that my eyelashes fluttering on the pillow sound like thunder. — Andy Behrman Awake Copy Share Image
Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful - who wouldn't be working… — Andy Behrman Because Copy Share Image
People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty. — Andy Behrman Accuse Copy Share Image
The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very… — Andy Behrman Angry Copy Share Image
Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and… — Andy Behrman Addiction Copy Share Image
In my most psychotic stages, I imagine myself chewing on sidewalks and bulging and swallowing sunlight and clouds. — Andy Behrman Chewing Copy Share Image
Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals… — Andy Behrman Activity Copy Share Image
I counterfeited Mark Kostabi's artworks. During the eighties, Mark didn't paint his own paintings. Instead, he had other artists painting them, and… — Andy Behrman Added 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 Bones Copy Share Image
There are lots of people with mental health disabilities, and that's just the way their life is; it's not like you see… — Andy Behrman Disabilities Copy Share Image
“Bipolar disorder is about buying a dozen bottles of Heinz ketchup and all eight bottles of Windex in stock at the Food… — Andy Behrman Around the world Copy Share Image
I think almost all manic depressives exhibit some kind of criminal behaviour, even if it's something as minimal as shoplifting, but then… — Andy Behrman Almost Copy Share Image
In total, I was diagnosed with depression by eight psychotherapists and psychiatrists over a period of thirteen years. Diagnosed wrong. Absolutely wrong.… — Andy Behrman Absolutely Copy Share Image
I felt like I was the only person on the planet with this 'thing called depression', and I remember being frightened. I… — Andy Behrman Being Copy Share Image
As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to… — Andy Behrman About Copy Share Image
My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I… — Andy Behrman Day Copy Share Image
After graduation in June of 1984, I moved to Manhattan. My first stop was a psychiatrist, who in less than our first… — Andy Behrman After Copy Share Image
I am a rapid-cycling manic-depressive, bi-polar one disorder, which means I can have thirty or forty episodes a year, and I used… — Andy Behrman Am Copy Share Image
I think, when it comes to psychiatry, that a lot of people are overmedicated. I think when it comes to ECT a… — Andy Behrman Go Copy Share Image
Most nights, I'm good for only four or five hours of sleep. That leaves the other 20. I have to fill them… — Andy Behrman Fill Copy Share Image
Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been… — Andy Behrman Amount Copy Share Image
I couldn't sleep for nights on end, as my brain felt like there were thoughts colliding within it; I obsessed over small… — Andy Behrman Brain Copy Share Image
Like most manic depressives, some of my symptoms included racing thoughts that I simply had to act upon - flying from New… — Andy Behrman Act Copy Share Image
My manic depression was ravaging my life, but because nobody could see it, many people thought it was a figment of my… — Andy Behrman Because Copy Share Image
