Awareness Quote by Kay Redfield Jamison

It is tempting when looking at the life of anyone who has committed suicide to read into the decision to die a vastly complex…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“Mental Illnesses aren't bad – if you overcome them, you are much stronger than before – you bloom from Wounds from which you once bled.”

— Sino Melo

“This is what happens to the brain of those living with mental illnesses (more accurately, "brain illnesses"). The brain does not function as it…

— Kevin Hines

Suicide rates have not slumped under the onslaught of antidepressants, mood-stabilizers, anxiolytic and anti-psychotic drugs; the jump in suicide rates suggests that the opposite…

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke

When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes. The modern barbarity of 'saving' the suicidal…

— Peter Wessel Zapffe

Suicide carries in its aftermath a level of confusion and devastation that is, for the most part, beyond description.

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“suicide is a very serious problem in both depression and schizophrenia as estimates are that as many as one out of every ten persons…

— Xavier Francisco Amador

“Suicides do not end their lives because they are weak, mentally ill, or depressed - though certainly they may be all those things. They…

— Jill Bialosky

“There are people who fantasize about suicide, and paradoxically, these fantasies can be soothing because they usually involve either fantasizing about others' reactions to…

— Thomas Joiner

“Surviving suicide is never easy, but it is possible with support, with time, compassionate direction, and, in some cases, counseling. While there are predictable…

— Andrew Slaby

“Some of the most challenging work a suicide survivor can do is to pray. To pray fully, survivors must bring all of themselves to…

— Harold Ivan Smith

How we handle mental illness can mean life or death.

— Nancy Mace