Quotes tagged ‘Mental Illness’

(178 total)

“It’s gross, and it shows how unwilling we are to understand substance abuse — or kill the stigma around it.”

“Your body starts to become aware of what you're doing.”

“But what ended up happening was that the restraining order I had against my shitty emotions expired and showed up on my doorstep being like, 'Got a cig? We need to talk.'”

— Ryan O’Connell, mylivejournalsucks.tumblr.com

“David, your whole life people have told you you were sick. What if I told you that’s a lie? What if I told you every memory you have of mental illness… the voices, hallucination… was just your power? And what if I could do more than just tell you? What if I could show you? Help you rewrite the story…”

— Noah Hawley, Melanie Bird, Jean Smart, imdb.com

“I tell them I’m sane, they think I’m crazy, and if I say, “You know what? You’re right, I am crazy,” then they up my dosage.”

— Noah Hawley, David Haller, Dan Stevens, imdb.com

“If the idea of illness can become illness, what else about our reality is actually a disorder?”

— Noah Hawley, Nathaniel Halpern, Narrator, Jon Hamm, imdb.com

“It’s just Thursday. My 260th Thursday as a passenger on the cruise ship Mental Health.”

— Noah Hawley, David Haller, Dan Stevens, imdb.com

“Please keep talking so we can all pretend that our problems are just in our heads.”

— Noah Hawley, Syd Barrett, Rachel Keller, imdb.com

“We moved through a city of normals, soldiers in a secret war. We were the ghosts in a haunted house, the golem of myth. To the normal, we were just superstition, make-believe. Sometimes it felt like that to us too. To me, I was a woman who couldn’t be touched, in love with a man who wasn’t there. Wh…”

— Nathaniel Halpern, Syd Barrett, Rachel Keller, imdb.com

“You know the most dangerous thing about schizophrenia? The most dangerous thing is believing you don’t have it. That’s the trick. The mind killer. Your disease convinces you, you don’t have it. So, for example, one day in the hospital, you meet a girl and she has some friends and they tell you you’r…”

— Noah Hawley, David Haller, Dan Stevens, imdb.com

“The only time I ever done it, I was going through a manic phase, so I feel like I'm a virgin again.”

— Jennie Snyder Urman, Erin Silver, Jessica Stroup, imdb.com

“To me, my brain wasn’t beautiful; it was excessively complex.”

— Brianne Allen, rookiemag.com

“The conversation needs to be louder.”

— Melanie Mignucci, bustle.com

“Saying suicide is selfish is saying, 'Although I don’t understand clinical depression & suicide I’m going to judge people who die from it even if causes unimaginable pain + trauma and stigmatizes mental illness because it makes me feel better + safer.'”

— Brené Brown, twitter.com

“The problem with the prettification of mental illness is just how out-of-kilter it is with reality. It’s almost suggested as a desirable character trait for women to have.”

— Rhiannon Picton-James, nytimes.com

“Murdock: [from inside padded cell] TRAAAAASH BAGS! I want TRAAAAASH BAGS! I want 'em! I want 'em!! Psychiatrist: [To guard] Do we have any trash bags? Maybe he'll put his head inside and suffocate.”

— Stephen J. Cannell, 'Howling Mad' Murdock, Dwight Schultz, imdb.com

“Murdock: TRAAAAAASH BAGS! I want TRAAAAAASH BAGS! [gets one and stops shouting] Psychiatrist: We give him one, and he shuts up for a couple of hours. Face: Hmmm. Interesting. If I could talk to him, I might be able to determine if it's a genuine neurotic fixation or if our boy is trying to section e…”

— Stephen J. Cannell, 'Howling Mad' Murdock, Dwight Schultz, imdb.com

“FYI, when you pass judgment on someone who’s struggles with mental health ended in suicide, you’re telling the folks in your life who’re also struggling that they can’t trust you or seek your help. Mental illness isn’t a moral failing or something solved with money or fame. Please stop.”

— Franchesca Ramsey, twitter.com

“Marion: No one on my side of the family ever went to a psychiatrist. Howard: Well, my side of the family is perfectly normal, Marion. I mean, they don't even have to read Dear Abby. Marion: What about your Aunt Louise who lives in a bomb shelter? Howard: When the big one drops, who'll be crazy then?”

— Phil Mishkin, Marion Cunningham, Marion Ross, imdb.com

“Your mental health is always worth investing in, and there are always options that can work with your budget.”

— JR Thorpe, bustle.com