Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this is plausible because when an individual doesn't fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system. Thus the manipulation of an individual to adjust him to the system is seen as a cure for a sickness and therefore as good.
Theodore J. KaczynskiTags: perspective society sanity sickness discrimination mental-health mental-illness abuse-of-power anti-psychiatrity anti-stigma judged label labeling labeling-someone labelling mental-disorder mental-health-stigma mental-health-system
I couldn’t trust my own emotions. Which emotional reactions were justified, if any? And which ones were tainted by the mental illness of BPD? I found myself fiercely guarding and limiting my emotional reactions, chastising myself for possible distortions and motivations. People who had known me years ago would barely recognize me now. I had become quiet and withdrawn in social settings, no longer the life of the party. After all, how could I know if my boisterous humor were spontaneous or just a borderline desire to be the center of attention? I could no longer trust any of my heart felt beliefs and opinions on politics, religion, or life. The debate queen had withered. I found myself looking at every single side of an issue unable to come to any conclusions for fear they might be tainted. My lifelong ability to be assertive had turned into a constant state of passivity.
Rachel ReilandTags: self-doubt mental-illness mental-disorder borderline borderline-personality-disorder bpd diagnosis emotional-pain self-blame
They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me.
Nathaniel LeeTags: insanity madness mad psychiatry mental-health mental-illness mental-disorder mental-health-stigma insane-world insanity-is-normal psychiatry-humor
The distinction between diseases of "brain" and "mind," between "neurological" problems and "psychological" or "psychiatric" ones, is an unfortunate cultural inheritance that permeates society and medicine. It reflects a basic ignorance of the relation between brain and mind. Diseases of the brain are seen as tragedies visited on people who cannot be blamed for their condition, while diseases of the mind, especially those that affect conduct and emotion, are seen as social inconveniences for which sufferers have much to answer. Individuals are to be blamed for their character flaws, defective emotional modulation, and so on; lack of willpower is supposed to be the primary problem.
António R. DamásioTags: mind character brain mental-health mental-illness character-flaws psychological mental-disorder neurological psychiatric
Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand.
Megan ChanceTags: insanity sanity explanation prejudice crazy mystery discrimination psychiatry understand mental-illness bias stereotype lunacy explain mental-disorder mental-health-stigma stigma diagnosis psychology-quotes sane-and-insane
It felt like this was never going to end. The world wasn't going to stop crashing down until there was nothing left of me but dust.
Keary TaylorTags: depression anxiety mental-illness mental-disorder mental
Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told her when she should laugh, the blue ones when she should be silent and keep away from other people; the green balls told her that she should start multiplying by three. Every few days a silver ball would make its way through the pins of the machine. At this point her head turned and she stared at me; I assumed she was checking to see if I was still listening. I was, of course. How could one not? The whole thing was bizarre but riveting. I asked her, What does the silver ball mean? She looked at me intently, and then everything went dead in her eyes. She stared off into space, caught up in some internal world. I never found out what the silver ball meant.
Kay Redfield JamisonTags: psychology depression bipolar-disorder mental-illness manic-depression mental-disorder psychopathology bipolar mania manic
The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.
Juliette LewisTags: despair courage bravery suicide death-and-dying hopelessness mental-health mental-illness suicidality mental-disorder mental-health-stigma suicidal-thoughts death-wish
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