Quotes About Mental

There are all kinds of psychological disorders in the West that don't exist in Asia.

Her preferred form of exercise, she told Wendy, was stress. "Clench muscles, hold for twelve hours, release for a count of five, then clench again.

Will I really be able to accept my mental loneliness?

I am very near to madness. I imagine my isolation, and I go mad inside, a delirium of doubts and fears.

Tennis is the loneliest sport

I have never found a book that stressed the importance of myself as a caretaker of my ability, of staying healthy mentally and physically, or that gave me an inkling that my courage might be strained to the utmost.

Perhaps depression can best be described as emotional pain that forces itself on us against our will, and then breaks free of its externals.

Depression frequently destroys the power of mind over mood.

Is it crazy to avoid the behaviours that make you crazy? Or is it crazy to medicate so that you can sustain a life that makes you crazy?

As organs go, the brain is quite an important one, and its malfunctions should be addressed accordingly. Chemistry

The most painful experience is to endure mental abuse and not being able to do anything about it.

If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different....I'd rather be completely fucking mental.

She was worried these thoughts would crush her if she let them come, but they didn't. You didn't know how heavy they were until you tried to lift them. You didn't know how strong you were.

like everything, sanity came more easily with practice.

can think of no right more fundamental than the right to peacefully steward the contents of one's own consciousness.

In the East, especially in contemplative traditions like those of Buddhism, being distracted by thought is understood to be the very wellspring of human suffering.

After all, there is an enormous difference between being hostage to one's thoughts and being freely and nonjudgmentally aware of life in the present.

I can think of no right more fundamental than the right to peacefully steward the contents of one's own consciousness.

Psychopaths can assume the burden of mental accounting without any obvious distress. That is no accident: They are psychopaths. They do not care about others and are quite happy to sever relationships whenever the need arises. Some people are monsters of egocentricity. But lying unquestionably comes at a psychological cost for the rest of us.

The measure of a person's psychological health and growth is not in the self, but in the quality of her or his relationships.

called in sick that day. When the nutcase

Paradoxically self esteem problems are more common in young people who are in the physical and mental prime of their lives.

I cling to my anger with every ounce of humanity left in my ruined body, but it's no use. It slips away, like a wave from shore. I am pondering this sad fact when I realize the blackness of sleep is circling my head. It's been there awhile, biding its time and growing closer with each revolution. I give up on rage, which at this point has become a formality, and make a mental note to get angry again in the morning. Then I let myself drift, because there's really no fighting it.

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work but important.