Bipolar Quotes

Joshua had always been able to get away with things—things for which he should never have been forgiven. He was a lot like James in that respect, for while my husband had bought his grace with his brilliance, Joshua did so with his looks. I considered that a moment, before turning away, suddenly finding I could not bear to look at him for fear of what I might forgive next.

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

Stanley Victor Paskavich

I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don't have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Suddenly, I’m lighter, only half of who I was.

But money spent while manic doesn't fit into the Internal Revenue Service concept of medical expense or business loss. So after mania, when most depressed, you're given excellent reason to be even more so.

Kay Redfield Jamison

I fucking hate it, the idea that something like that would be trivialized down to a fucking hashtag. I mean, there's a ton of biphobia — people refuse to accept bisexuality as an actual sexuality. And I'm biracial, but also white-passing, which is a unique perspective. So these kids say, like, "Oh, fucking tri-bi Halsey! She'll never miss an opportunity to talk about it!" I want to sit them down like a mom and go, "Six months ago you were begging for an artist that would talk about this shit! But then I do, and you say, 'Oh, not her. Someone else.

Ashley Frangipane

You can’t be beaten by something you laugh at.

Jonathan Harnisch

Minds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction.

Christian Baloga

I now know for certain that my mind and emotions, my fix on the real and my family's well-being, depend on just a few grams of salt. But treatment's the easy part. Without honesty, without a true family reckoning, that salt's next to worthless.

You’ve got to reach bedrock to become depressed enough before you are forced to accept the reality and enormity of the problem.

Jonathan Harnisch

Her eyes remind me of the Pacific: Raging. Fearless. Restless.

Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.

Shannon L. Alder

Sensitive people usually love deeply and hate deeply. They don't know any other way to live than by extremes because thier emotional theromastat is broken.

Shannon L. Alder