Some people are allergic to your success. Such people...when you smile...they cry, and wish you were dead.

My pillow is as good as any oceanto drown in the nightmare of myself.I swam all the way here from the moon.

In my opinion, our health care system has failed when a doctor fails to treat an illness that is treatable.

The unique stigma of PTSD. The stigma of PTSD remains one of the most formidable barriers to effective care.

He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.

Have you ever suddenly realized it's someone else's mood swing and you're just along for the ride?

Thirty seconds of pure awareness is a long time, especially after a lifetime of escaping yourself at all costs.

This isn't normal. This isn't how normal people think. Fuck off, world- what the hell is normal anyway?

Denial and minimizing is often seen in genuine PTSD and, hence, should be a target of detection and measurement.

We all have problems, but let's not kid ourselves: it's how we deal with them that makes the difference.

Sometimes the people around you won't understand your journey. They don't need to, it's not for them.

Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating.

When my mind plays tricks on me I can deal. But when my mind plays tricks on my mind I can not tell what's real

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.

I am not manic-just happy. It has been such a long time since I was happy. Please join me on my magic carpet for now.