Quotes About Mental health

Throw up Victor said. Bacteria, he believed, would run up his arms and gain access to his brain through his ear canals. Vomit. Puke. Spew. Disgorge. Regorge. Discharge- like excrement. Victor, stop it! Doll snapped. You're making me nauseous. Talk--vomit words. Sound and sound alike, he said.

My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.

If you're lucky enough to be able to have therapy -- because I know it's very privileged -- it gets rid of so much garbage and enables you to focus on what's important. When I first went into analysis, my mother was absolutely horrified. She thought I'd be a loony!

I want to tell them, "Chip, Kim, there is no way to suicide-proof a person.

Suicide is not the answer.'' They don't know the question.

My hand is whole, unblemished. It's still attached to my arm. It feels contaminated, though, and I have the strongest urge to wash my hands. I can control that urge, wash them later.

I'm probably the only person on earth who had to be committed to a mental hospital to find a date.

Get Well Soon. People sent me get well soon cards while I was in a mental hospital. There were fluffy little bunnies, floaty rainbows, and even a religious card. I could understand that Hallmark probably doesn't make "Get Sane Soon" cards, but still. Was I not well before? Am I well now? Who decides?

So love is possible at the Loony Bin. Or, at least, lust.

It's important to remember that people can go off the deep end; it doesn't mean they have to stay there. And when they come back, it's nice to have a friend waiting with a warm towel.

Depression is an illness, and no fault of the person who suffers from it

Like most of the English faculty, she had dealt with suicidal and homicidal students, students with eating disorders who fainted in class, students with depression, cancer, learning disabilities, dead or dying parents, autism, schizophrenia, gender identity issues, romantic heartbreak, and various syndromes involving the inability to sit quietly and read.

Entonces, todavía, no podía o no quería darme cuenta. Pero, ahora, sé muy bien que todo aquello era una simple forma de ocupar el día en lo que fuera, una manera de mentirle al cielo y a mí mismo para tratar de no pensar, para tratar de no volverme loco antes de tiempo.

What would they do if I said I hurt so much I feel like I want to die? —Jeremy Richards

I have to do something about this collection of unresolved feelings before it destroys me.", Celestra Caine, FADE by Kailin Gow

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.

If you are in a bad state of mind then you would end up snapping at people, getting irritated. It's happening with many. The best way to avoid that is by doing things that take away the stress.

One of things I find really irritating is when people say, 'You need to exercise, it'll make you feel better.' When you are in the deepest, darkest hole, that is the last thing that you can imagine doing.

I used to isolate myself and be in my room by myself all the time.

I think people are isolated and really lonely.

We don't talk about body dysmorphia and we don't talk about body hatred either. We keep it really isolated and I think that injures us as we get older because it becomes habitual.

I've actually read that isolation is the enemy, so why do that to myself?

Obviously I have a capacity for feeling extreme anxiety, and there are people out there who don't. I'm to some extent rather jealous of them.

I try to make myself walk around a bit, but I probably think about it more than I actually do it. Years ago, I did think about joining a gym.