Bipolar Quotes

135 quotes by 83 authors

Suicide is what the death certificate says when one dies of depression. — Peter D. Kramer
Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis. — Carrie Fisher
I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory. I want to be rich and famous and… — Kurt Cobain
I'm not worried about what's going to happen when I'm thirty, because I am never going to make it to thirty. You know what life… — Kurt Cobain
The patients often try to starve themselves, to hang themselves, to cut their arteries; they beg that they may be burned, buried alive, driven out… — Emil Kraepelin
Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts on saving the lives of… — Kay Redfield Jamison
I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening. — Kay Redfield Jamison
I know that without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my creativity in such a successful way. — Patty Duke
I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to me, or didn't… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Women who put on a few pounds after starting lithium sometimes say the cure is worse than the disease. The weight gain shoots them straight… — Patty Duke
When a superior intellect and a psychopathic temperament coalesce in the same individual, we have the best possible condition for the kind of effective genius… — William James
Holding back our thoughts, feelings and behaviors can place people at risk for minor and major diseases. — James W. Pennebaker
Now, why is it that most of us can talk openly about the illnesses of our bodies, but when it comes to our brain and… — Kirk Douglas
I contemplated suicide. My main concern was that I would not make the New York Times obituary page. — Art Buchwald
My doctor says, 'You've got one of the hardest ones to treat because it's not bipolar, it's not up and down, you're always just about… — Trent Reznor
The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just as… — Emma Donoghue
In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things… — Emir Kusturica
Manic depression's touching my soul. I know what I want, but I just don't know how to go about getting it. — Jimi Hendrix
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… — Ayelet Waldman
I was a violent, bipolar, compulsive liar. I was a real American. — Ben Lerner

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