Quotes About Mental health

Diazapam (that's valium), temazepam, lithium, ECT, HRT - how long must I stay on this stuff? Don't give me anymore!

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

An individual cannot be considered entirely sane if he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains primitive semantic reactions.

The principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport one to an impossible state of happiness, but to help (the client) acquire steadfastness and patience in the face of suffering.

Sadness is more or less like a head cold - with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.

There is no patience so terrible as that of the deranged.

Statism is a mental disorder, much akin to Stockholm Syndrome.

Make peace with guilt. Guilt is a poisonous illusion. Many languages don't even have a word for guilt.

If we are not peaceful, if we are not feeling well in our skin, we cannot demonstrate real peace, and we cannot raise our children well either.

Any thought which tends to inspire, to comfort, and to give peace to the mind is good.

And you take care, too, Shahara. Remember the lies we tell ourselves to survive seldom bring peace to our souls. (Nero)

Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness.

Misery loves company. For the sake of your sanity, avoid entertaining her.

Extreme liberalism is not a political philosophy. It is a mental disorder.

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.

Philosophy can make people sick.

Deep connection is the antidote to madness.

The old philosophy was that parents, especially mothers, caused their kids to become schizophrenic. Now we see that when a kid is this crazy, he'll make the family begin to seem crazy.

The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.

Take a vacation from your stressful thoughts by changing your thoughts.

Get a shot of love to prevent the infection called depression.

I find people with depression are like a broken clocks, and clock maker after clock maker will try to fix you, but sometimes time itself is the answer.