Quotes About Mental health

Will struggled a lot with his manic highs and deep lows. During his good times he was the life of the party. During his dark times he would withdraw from social gatherings and stay at home.

When I focus on me, I increase my anxiety.

The aphorism that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem is usually true. And remember, changing one's mind in midair rarely works out.

The aphorism that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem is usually true.

I once had a patient who was convinced that his head was full of sea water and a crab lived inside. When I asked him what happened to his brain he told me that aliens had sucked it out with a drinking straw. "It is better this way," he insisted. "Now there's more room for the crab.

Maybe that's the fate of someone who spends his life delving into other people's minds – listening to their worst fears, unmasking their flaws and discovering their motives. Maybe a man like that begins to rust or seize up – haunted by too many ghosts in the machine.

whether or not you are already there, you will probably agree that a Stage Six default is worthy of your aspirations in just about any area of life. Life is a wonderful occasion. Rising to that occasion means becoming far bigger than your roles. That is the breakthrough to Stage Six. I also see this stage as the major part of a new and apt definition of positive mental health. Stage Six is the first of the two Target Stages. A Default Stage here breaks you out of the pack

On Being Sane in Insane Places

Trust me no matter how horrible you feel or how bad things seem, there is always a way out. Suicide is never your only option.

how much do you have to hate yourself to want to just wipe yourself out?

Anyone can be crazy," she answered. "That's usually just because there's something screwed up in your wiring, you know? But suicide is a whole different thing. I mean, how much do you have to hate yourself to want to just wipe yourself out?

She laughed. "Welcome to Camp Meds," She said. "Where the campers are crazy and the counselors want you to take drugs.

Depression can be a form of self hatred. We don't feel comfortable in our own skin.

How do you know all these things?' He shrugged. 'It's boring being a goatherd. Nothing to do except watch goats. If I hadn't watched other creatures, I'd have gone mad.

I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.

Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.

One of the simplest ways to decrease the frequency of negative thoughts is by selectively moderating expectations.

In other words, with nothing to do, the mind is unable to prevent negative thoughts from elbowing their way to center stage.

Crazy people will always be present in our lives.

One day the worlds male population will spontaneously combust because they've kept too much stuff in for too long.

Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason.

The first sign of a nervous breakdown is when you start thinking your work is terribly important.

So things were coming together nicely for me to embark on a full-fledged depression. One good thing about New York is that most people function daily while in a low-grade depression.