Adaptive Quote by H. A. Berlin

Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like…

— Steve Lopez

There's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill and we're all haunted by something, and some people manage to find a…

— John Darnielle

“Many people with creative genes also suffer from various neurological disorders; you can be Mozart and still be bipolar,” says Salerian. “There is a…

— Brett Milano

It is possible and very common to overcome and manage a mental illness.

— Madchen Amick

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

— Stephen Mitchell

“A very serious mental disorder is associated with creativity, a disorder that afflicts only the great souls, and its cure is not known, even…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are more creative people prone…

— Nick Flynn

“Education lays the foundation of a large portion of the causes of mental disorder”

— Malcolm Gladwell

Careful studies of cases dealing with supposed 'mental disorder' have at times revealed that many thought to be insane or warped in some fashion…

— Aberjhani

“The good part about having a mental disorder is having a valid reason for all the stupid things we do because of a damaged…

— Shannon L. Alder

Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that…

— Camille Paglia

“We think that there are people who are normal over here, and then there’s the pathological ones who have depression, anxiety, addiction or schizophrenia…

— Gabor Maté