Quotes About Mentalhealth

We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy.

I'm too busy repeatedly counting ketchup bottles and wishing I was dead, wishing I was dead, wishing I was dead, wishing I was dead.

I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.

Four states prohibited the marriage of alcoholics, 17 prohibited the marriage of epileptics, and 41 prohibited the marriage of those deemed feebleminded or insane. By the mid-1930s, America was the world leader in banned marriages. (Marriage restriction laws weren't declared unconstitutional until 1967.)

This materialistic and competitive striving and needing 'to have and own' has been linked to deteriorating mental health, especially in young people.16

Do not disparage the BP—no matter how much you think he or she deserves it. Instead, sincerely express your concern for the BP or acknowledge your own confusion about why the BP would say such things. Be cautious about discussing BPD or any other psychological problem—people may misunderstand and think you are trying to belittle the BP.

Many people we talked to for this book told us that the person with BPD in their life seemed to be aware of their triggers.

Borderlines with abusive backgrounds may be replaying scripts from the past.

Well-adjusted has come to mean unaffected. – Theodore Rubin

Here we will also see how verbal and emotional abuse alone can cause Cptsd, and how profound emotional abandonment is typically at the core of most Cptsd.

Are you okay?' she asked me. Of course,' I said. 'Why wouldn't I be okay?' There are lots of reasons why you might not be okay.' There are lots of reasons why anyone might not be okay,' I said.