“The director in the movie didn't want to suggest that people who are living in a state with controlled mental illness, that they should stop taking their medicine. It would be dangerous to suggest this. So it doesn't correspond to me accurately.”— John Nash, nobelprize.orgTagged: Medicine, Moves and Real Life, Mental Illness
“Although psychology and pedagogy have always maintained the belief that a child is a happy being without any conflicts, and have assumed that the sufferings of adults are the results of the burdens and hardships of reality, it must be asserted that just the opposite is true. What we learn about the…”— Melanie Klein, goodreads.comTagged: Suffering, Trauma, Children, Child Psychology, Psychologists
“How do you know the difference between acknowledging pain and wallowing in it? There's no precise test. But if talking about or "explaining" or "understanding" your pain has become an excuse you use to avoid doing what you need to do, then you are probably wallowing.”— Eric Greitens, amazon.comTagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy
“The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.”— Pete Wentz, books.google.comTagged: Depression, addictive, Guilt, Happiness
“I don’t think people understand how stressful it is to explain what’s going on in your head when you don’t even understand it yourself.”— Sara Quin, healthyplace.comTagged: Human Condition, Mental Health