Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.

Plato believed that insanity was essential to our nature and assumed that it held esoteric knowledge about who we are.

Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of meAnd it starts from the heart 'til it reaches my outer me

It's so common, it could be anyone. The trouble is, nobody wants to talk about it. And that makes everything worse.

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

Brenda, do you know God loves you? He really does. To Him, you're perfect, absolutely perfect. You always have been.

Etta, it could be everything, it could be nothing, what you’re making up. You shouldn’t let that bother you.

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

While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.

victimnoun ˈvik-təm 1. The moment you tell everyone you have a mental disorder, in order to excuse your behavior.

I repeat one of my mantras. 'This is not happening. This is not real. This did not happen to you. That was someone else.

An inner ease spreads inside me. Such is the power of acceptance and understanding from other people, the power of validation

Its not the label of autism we need for our children, its the help and understanding that comes with that label that we need.

I swear that I will never cause trouble for anybody, as long as I live!! So please! Nobody cause any trouble for me, either!!

When we asked him to sum up his impression of the girls' emotional state at that point, he said, "Buffeted but not broken.