Bi Polar Quotes

“I won't sleep
if that's what it takes
to not wake up
as myself”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Hold Me Under: Poems to Drown to

“The depressed person is mired in the past; the manic person is obsessed with the future. Both destroy the present in the process.”
― Nassir Ghaemi, A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

“The reason I don't Kill Myself
is because I know I can.”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich

“Perhaps people felt there was nothing more they could do, you know? After all, how can someone be helped who doesn’t see the need? A Christian counselor I saw for a while described such situations as, “a White Elephant everyone can see but no one wants to deal with; everyone hopes the problem will just go away on its own.”

Just like with my mom.

Back then it seemed women were almost expected to go a little loopy sometimes. After all we’re the ones with raging hormones that get out of whack – by our periods, PMS or pregnancy and childbirth – and cause craziness and bizarre behavior. And because of those uncontrollable hormones, women are also more emotional and predisposed to depression. These are things my mom was actually told by her parents, her family, her husbands and friends... even her doctor. Eventually, she made herself believe that her erratic behavior stemmed from PMS, not mania or alcohol.”
― Chynna T. Laird, White Elephants

“People aren't crazy, they’re just reacting normally to an abnormally crazy world.”
― J.S.B. Morse, Now and at the Hour of Our Death

“My pillow is as good as any ocean
to drown in the nightmare of myself.
I swam all the way here from the moon.”
― Casey Renee Kiser, I Liked You When I Thought I was Dead

“ I don't assign myself to the names of any religious or non religious groups I prefer my actions and beliefs to be manic or marvelous just like me”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich

“I get happy and I get sad,
just like anybody else
but they call this a disorder.”
― Casey Renee Kiser, The Moon Said No

“Bi Polar Like Diamonds they are buried stars”
― MARGARET CABAL CABANTAN COHEN

“Embrace who you are and never comply with the standards of the society.”
― MARGARET CABAL CABANTAN COHEN

“Depression in children, adolescents, and young adults is increasing as well. From 2006 to 2917, rates of depression the US increased by 68 percent in children ages twelve to seventeen. In people ages eighteen to twenty-five, there was an increase of 49 percent. For adults over the age of twenty-five, the rate of depression supposedly stayed stable.”
― Christopher M. Palmer, Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More