Quotes about Mental illness

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There was nothing Mandy had wanted more than to give her full attention to the world of Personifications and ignore thos — Rebecca McNutt, Shadowed Skies: The Third Smog City Novel
Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional dis — Alice Miller
There is a dead space between most people and those afflicted with Mental Illness and it's called Understanding — Stanley Victor Paskavich, Stantasyland: Stantasyland: Quips, Quotes & Quandaries
Rikki looked over at me.“Why now?" she asked, looking back at Arly. “Why is this happening now?""Hard to say." Arly [the — Cameron West, First Person Plural: My Life as a Multiple
Admitting the need for help may also compound the survivor's sense of defeat. The therapists Inger Agger and Soren Jense — Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
This is what labels do. They stick. If people think you're MAD, then everything you do, everything you think, will have — Nathan Filer
If I look closely I can see we have the same colour eyes, not me and Simon, but me and the boy who is also me, the boy w — Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall
Boundary construction is most evident in three-year-olds. Boundary construction is most evident in three-year-olds. By t — Henry Cloud, Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Thoughts. Thoughts bombard my head, my brain. My psyche — Jonathan Harnisch, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography
I think the stigma attached to mental illness will disappear just like it did for cancer years ago. — Sally Graham
Been under treatment for PTSD and bipolar since 1992. I’m not ashamed of my illness. I’ve been shunned by many and I fee — Stanley Victor Paskavich, Stantasyland: Quips Quotes and Quandaries
Many people say that psychiatrists just want to push drugs. Well I seriously have to say, without medication, I’d be loc — Stanley Victor Paskavich, Stantasyland: Quips Quotes and Quandaries
Dissociation is characterized by a disruption of usually integrated functions of memory, consciousness, identity, or per — American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV
Owing to a poorly defined sense of self, people with BPD rely on others for their feelings of worth and emotional careta — Kimberlee Roth, Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds and Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem
Certainly, it's important to acknowledge and identify the effects of BPD on your life. It's equally important to realize — Kimberlee Roth, Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds and Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem
If the mind fits, shrink it. — Brian Spellman, Cartoonist's Book Camp
My sadness is beautiful. It infuses everything I do. It is at the core of my identity and always has been, just as happi — Ashly Lorenzana
As I grew into womanhood my confusion at the world became more apparent. I was taking comfort in behaviours that were fa — Jane Hersey, Full Circle
Then the weeks rolled by in a sinister psych ward haze filled with white-coated orderlies and rocking whack-job patients — Shannon Celebi, Small Town Demons
My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in hav — Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness