"Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to……" — Ayelet Waldman
"Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be terribly irritable. I go to cognitive behavioral therapy in order not to yell at my children."
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85 Quotes by Ayelet Waldman
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The capacity for extravagant emotion that my husband finds so attractive in me can be exhausting, especially to a child.…
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The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline.
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I had a second trimester abortion. I was pregnant with a much-wanted child who was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality.…
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By the time the children go to bed, I am as drained as any mother who has spent her day…
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Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.
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I love my husband more than I love my children,
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Think about it, I say. How many straight men maintain inappropriately intimate relationships with their mothers? How many shop with…
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