Quotes tagged ‘Mental Illness’

“It took me a longer time to understand he was ill and had an addiction... That allowed me to have more peace. It wasn’t him at his core.”

— Carl Radke, publicsource.org

“When someone is in such a state of psychological pain that they believe death to be the best choice, impulsivity makes it harder to slow down and consider alternatives.”

— Lauren Vinopal , melmagazine.com

“Jessica: Something happened between Malcolm and Watkins underground. Something more than he will admit. Dani: He didn't mention anything, but Bright has been through a lot. Jessica: My son sleeps in chains, subsists on sparkling water and licorice, and can barely take care of a parakeet, but he is s…”

— Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver, Jessica Whitly, Bellamy Young, imdb.com

“Dr. Dodd: Why is that toy on your head? Chris Knight: Because if I wear it any place else, it chafes.”

— Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Peter Torokvei, Chris Knight, Val Kilmer, imdb.com

“Oh my God, everything from the standard flicking of the light switch to the less standard—I remember we had guests at my parents’ house once, and I decided that I had to go into the room and stare at each of their toothbrushes until I remembered exactly what both of them looked like. And then if I d…”

— Lena Dunham, amazon.com

“The 20s can be very hard, they’re not a mental illness. Divorce can be very difficult, losing a loved one, someone that you know died, someone left in a relationship and you’re heartbroken, that’s very painful but it’s not a mental illness.”

— Marianne Williamson, buzzfeednews.com

“It’s possible MBI is simply incomprehensible to those who don’t have it. But it’s also painfully clear that cancer-support groups supply levels of attention and sympathy that are rarely found elsewhere.”

— Róisín Lanigan, theatlantic.com

“Life experiences, mental illness, drugs, greed, environment, and poor role-modeling can all forge damaged people and can generate a darkness, an exploitiveness, in the way they approach life. Whatever their genesis, there are people in your life (and mine) who will hurt you if you let them.”

— Phil McGraw, amazon.com

“The challenge of suicide radio isn’t not obeying it. The challenge of suicide radio is identifying it for what it is: an impostor.”

— Ella Dawson, elladawson.com

“We’re not feckless teens anymore; we’re grown-ass adults, and the challenges we face aren’t fleeting, but systemic.”

— Anne Helen Petersen, buzzfeednews.com

“Self-care is a nebulous name for a group of behaviors that should have a simple definition: taking care of yourself. But it’s no longer just meditation and journaling; everything can now be #selfcare.”

— Shayla Love, tonic.vice.com

“Ahmet: Where are you going? Why don't you walk the wheel with us? What is the matter my American friend? What has upset you? Oh, a bad machine doesn't know that he's a bad machine. You still don't believe it? You still don't believe you're a bad machine? To know yourself is to know God, my friend. T…”

— Oliver Stone, Billy Hayes, William Hoffer, Billy Hayes, Brad Davis, imdb.com

“She's gone mental, Hermione has. I mean, not that she wasn't always mental, but now it's out in the open for everyone to see!”

— Steve Kloves, Ron Weasley, Rupert Grint, imdb.com

“but what comes from the storm, what happens in the aftermath, is the most tangible producer of strength. life does not promise anything. life does not have to promise anything. but you — you must promise yourself that you will take care of your beautiful, delicate heart on days getting out of bed pr…”

— Jacqueline Whitney, instagram.com

“Mental illness is just one part of who we are, one part of our identity, but it's not the whole story.”

— Dr. Ali Mattu, youtube.com

“Every time I feel selfish ambition is taking my vision. My crime is my sentence, repentance is taking commission. It’s taking a toll on my soul, I’m screaming submission and I don’t know if I am dying or living.”

— Tyler Joseph, youtube.com

“I loved but now I run away, I lived but now I see the day as just another desperate way to change the way I'm living today.”

— Tyler Joseph, youtube.com

“People look at him and think that he will live his life so perfectly, but what they don't know is he wants to die. Because the only reason why you think his life is clear is because he knows that he will never understand.”

— Tyler Joseph, youtube.com

“I can't live this way, just to write a song to play. Just to stay alive, just enough to breathe away. Another day, another face, and I will lose another race. Save me now, 'cause tomorrow's gone, just like yesterday.”

— Tyler Joseph, youtube.com

“They say the ocean’s blue but it’s black right now, in the dark, on the sand, looking out at my crowd. Depression and drowning singing now, the full parts of lightning reveals where the ocean stops and the sky starts. I’ve been told by the sky that the ocean I shall win, but it’s hard for me to see…”

— Tyler Joseph, Future Of The Purple, open.spotify.com