Denny

“Home! What a strange word. Once I thought nothing of it, but I have learned all too well the power and succor that it can conjure when one has been taken away from it.”
― Alexandria V. Nolan, Starlight Symphonies of Oak and Glass: A Novel of the Great Lakes

“And, fundamentally, diagnoses can deflect attention away from underlying social and emotional problems, wherein branding a scientific name on someone’s distress is never guaranteed to effectively lessen their pain.”
― Eleanor Longden, Learning from the Voices in My Head

“An important question in mental health shouldn’t be “What’s wrong with you?” but, rather, “What’s happened to you?”
― Eleanor Longden, Learning from the Voices in My Head

“I decided that my mind, body, and spirit had worked together to craft the best they could with limited resources, and to see myself as a helpless victim of chronic “mental illness” was merely adding insult to injury.”
― Eleanor Longden, Learning from the Voices in My Head