Quotes About Mental health

I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.

I am neurotic, but I live with it. I think most people are, anyway.

Colors are important. People are in clinical depression whether they are on medication or not. Neutrals are another form of medication.

My head is filled with things I think I should be doing or should've done already. I slow down because I doubt myself or I get anxious or have a bout of depression. Then I have to build my confidence back up, and once that happens, then I power through until the next time.

People say nice things about me but they don't know what's been going on between my ears.

The number of mystery and horror writers I've met who are just the sanest and the nicest people... it's crazy. Maybe it's because the writing gets something out of the system?

I sleep at 6 P. M. most nights from depression.

When I was in desperate trouble for maybe eight or nine years, I went to a neuropsychiatrist.

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

When you are debilitated, and you're very depressed, and you believe there's no hope, you cannot get a better potpourri of down.

You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was now experiencing it. Finally, I collapsed and just went to bed.

We live in a world where mental health is real. Emotional health is real, and people feel like no one cares.

I'm not telling you that suicidal people aren't so far away from people who can get by; I'm telling you that people who can get by aren't so far away from being suicidal.

I want to be a well-rounded human being with none of these knotty lumps of rage and guilt and self-disgust.

Like most depressions that plague people who have been more fortunate than most, I was ashamed of mine because there appeared to me no convincing cause for it; I just felt as though I had come off the rails somewhere.

A la mayoría de la gente le cabe en la cabeza el suicidio, supongo; la mayoría de la gente, aunque lo tenga muy oculto en lo más profundo de sí misma, puede recordar alguna vez en la vida en la que pensó si realmente quería despertar a la mañana siguiente. Querer morir parece una parte de estar vivo.

I'm not telling you that suicidal people aren't so far away from people who can get by; I'm telling you that people who get by aren't so far away from being suicidal. Maybe I shouldn't find that as comforting as I do.

Anyone who thinks text messages are funny isn't going to kill himself. There isn't enough going on internally.

Loneliness turned into depression

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

You'd be amazed how little choice you have about loony bins.

I have never told anyone the exact details of my particular sex fantasy: it is my only secret and I am not going to divulge it here. I once told almost all of it to my former therapist; he died last year, and when I saw his obituary I felt a great sense of relief: the only person in the world who almost knew how crazy I am was gone and I was safe.

What was your secret? That brought another smile. Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance

How about after I'm a hundred percent, we have a hot, torrid affair. It'd be good for my emotional and mental health." "My man would crush you like a bug, skinny boy. It's too bad my sister's only eighteen." "Eighteen's legal." "You go near my baby sis, I'll put you back in this hospital.