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The guilt I felt for having a mental illness was horrible. I prayed for a broken bone that would heal in six weeks. But that never happened. I was... →
There are lots of people with mental health disabilities, and that's just the way their life is; it's not like you see it in the movies.
In my most psychotic stages, I imagine myself chewing on sidewalks and bulging and swallowing sunlight and clouds.
My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding... →
As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to 'kick it' and get better... →
My eating habits are the only behaviour of mine that are still manic. I can't walk by a restaurant, a bakery, an ice-cream store or a candy store... →
I felt like I was the only person on the planet with this 'thing called depression', and I remember being frightened. I was knocked out and... →
Most nights, I'm good for only four or five hours of sleep. That leaves the other 20. I have to fill them some way.
I think, when it comes to psychiatry, that a lot of people are overmedicated. I think when it comes to ECT a lot of people go through too much. I... →
Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been for me, but nonetheless, it's... →
My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I was Superman.
People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty.
I think almost all manic depressives exhibit some kind of criminal behaviour, even if it's something as minimal as shoplifting, but then they... →
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