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When people are suicidal, their thinking is paralyzed, their options appear spare or nonexistent, their mood is despairing, and hopelessness permeates their entire mental domain.…

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The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources…
I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to…
But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is…
It was as if my father had given me, by way of temperament, an impossibly wild, dark, and unbroken horse. It was…
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous.…
When I am high I couldn't worry about money of I tried. So I don't. The money will come from from somewhere;…
Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts on saving…
I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that…
I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to…
Others would say to me, 'It is only temporary, it will pass, you will get over it,' but of course they had…
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and…
Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.

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Few animals display their mood via facial expressions as distinctly as cats. — Konrad Lorenz
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People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on… — Robert Greene
If the American people really tire of democracy and want to make a trial of Fascism, I shall be the last person… — H. L. Mencken
When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
When people are suicidal, their thinking is paralyzed, their options appear spare or nonexistent, their mood is despairing, and hopelessness permeates their… — Kay Redfield Jamison
This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe… — William Shakespeare
In ten minutes they will have arrived on campus. George will have to be George; the George they have named and will… — Christopher Isherwood
You have a different crowd every night, so you should do a different show to suit them. I tailor the show to… — Jewel
U know someone means a lot to you when their mood can easily affect yours. — Hemantsmarty
Fakes are always tripping Their Mood Swings Is Always Flipping. They're also your haters , keeping you Motivated. No trip , it… — Unknown Author

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