1,815 Quotes About Mental-illness

Oh, how I wish you were here, brother. What I wouldn’t give to show you the stars.

This negativity of my mindIs to blameFor missing lovingAnd being loved

But I must forgetI am in love with youTo be ableTo get this rightTaking into accountMy anxiety

There is no clear boundary between mental health and mental illness. Psychological complaints exist on continua with normal behaviours and experiences. Where we draw the line between sanity and madness is a matter of opinion.

What if fighting was no longer your first answer but change is?

Are you aiming for perfection or happiness?

My mother was already an abandoned soul, a misguided young woman who would subconsciously put herself into situations that starved her soul. The worst feeling in the world is to love someone who cannot love you back, to care about someone who can only care about themselves.

Everyone has scars, they just aren’t as visible as yours.

Everything in life, except her kids, made her impatient. She had tried to do a million things. She'd wanted to be a documentary filmmaker and then a painter and then a tiny-ceramic-figure maker. None of it panned out. She'd be full of enthusiasm at first, full of big ideas and energy and drive, but it would all gradually evaporate and disappear. She could never maintain the momentum or the concentration or the confidence she needed to get anything done.