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“I have an obligation to help eliminate the stigma attached to mental illness. When I’m feeling despondent and someone asks in a sincere way how I am, I have a duty to tell the truth. It’s no different from saying I have a bad cold. By speaking candidly, I give others permission to acknowledge their own mental illness, talk about it, and seek help. I must break the silence instead of treating my depression like a shameful character flaw.”
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
“Given that the pre-frontal cortex is a key to our success as a species, consuming any amount of alcohol or other intoxicant seems really stupid.”
― Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
― Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
“I am constantly reflecting back on how I’ve done things and how those things have turned out. I like to think about the cause and effect of my decisions and the way that I have lived. Therefore, I am constantly assessing and evolving. It has been important to look back and say, “This caused that, so don’t do that again.” Or, “This is helping move you forward in a nice trajectory; keep that up.”
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“Never hide from adverse criticism. Mockery, indifference, misunderstanding— welcome the lot. Criticism of your work is much the same as criticism of yourself, you know, your work being an extension of yourself, and there's nothing like good slashing personal criticism for begetting humility.”
― Pilgrim's Inn
― Pilgrim's Inn
“You'll discover for yourself soon enough the things that devastate us most in the moment are always the things we look back on with such gratitude.”
― Cackle
― Cackle
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