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“After college, I went through my own shit and decided that all physical suffering in the world couldn't compare to mental anguish. And when I got myself, I decided to help other people.”
“It got to the point where it became logical: if a woman was fiercely intelligent, outspoken and passionate, Id look towards her arms for the scars. They were almost always there.”
“You know how they say that if you think you might be going crazy, its proof that youre not? Well, its a lie. One of many they tell you about mental illness.”
“Have you ever suddenly realized it's someone else's mood swing and you're just along for the ride?”
“A personality disorder is not the foreign presence of demonic possession or a cancerous cluster of cells spreading among the internal organs. It is a pattern of cognition and reaction that impares ...”
“Parents, families, and caregivers are a minority group in the mental health system. This population is hungry for knowledge, direction, and peace of mind. The first step toward these things is embr...”
“The presuming social view that mental health is not as serious as the media says it is, blocks progress. This too is political.”
“It's the broken that find a way, because the cracks, although deep, let out as much light as the darkness they let in”
“..balancing time you spend with or without people is crucial for mental health.”
“It struck Hsing suddenly that Masada didn't even understand the nature of his own genius. To him the patterns of thought and motive that he sensed in the virus were self-explanatory, and those who ...”
“Misery, like yoga, is not a competitive sport”
“Being in love with someone who doesn't love you back is a tragedy. A fantasy is having someone understand the real you and love you anyway.”
“I would never slay the dragon, because the dragon was also me.”
“i think the idea of a 'mental health day' is something completely invented by people who have no clue what it's like to have bad mental health. the idea that your mind can be aired out in twenty-fo...”
“About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times.”
“Even though I know that breaking your brain is the same as breaking your arm, I'm still ashamed that my brain is broken.”
“Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.”
“This isn't a place for lies or pretending everything's all right. We know everything is not all right. If it were, you wouldn't be here. Now. Where did you go?”
“Because now people use the phrase OCD to describe minor personality quirks. "Oooh, I like my pens in a line, I'm so OCD."NO YOU'RE FUCKING NOT."Oh my God, I was so nervous about that presentation, ...”
“This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not.”
