“I yearned to get better; I told myself I was getting better. In fact, the depression was still there, like a powerful undertow. Sometimes it grabbed me, yanked me under; other times, I swam free.” StillsSometimesFactsPowerfulDepressionIllnessMental IllnessGet BetterUndertow Author:Tracy Thompson
“A broken leg can be remembered and located: "It hurt right below my knee, it throbbed, I felt sick at my stomach." But mental pain is remembered the way dreams are remembered-in fragments, unbidden realizations, like looking into a well and seeing the dim reflection of your face in that instant before the water shatters.” WayWellsDreamPainFacesFeltWaterHurtSeeingBrokenDepressionReflectionSickIllnessLegsMental IllnessRealizationRememberedKneesInstantYour FaceStomachIt HurtsFragmentsBroken LegMental Pain Author:Tracy Thompson
“Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers, actors, artists, musicians-have a higher than normal incidence of such illnesses, and there are also a disproportionate number of alcoholics in these fields whose drinking may be an attempt to medicate the anxiety of depression.” PeopleMayArtistActorsNumbersCreativeTalentFieldsHigherDepressionNormalAnxietyMusicianDrinkingIllnessProfessionMoodMental IllnessArtisticDisorderAlcoholicsIncidenceArtistic TalentMood Disorders Author:Tracy Thompson
“It seemed to me the basic definition of mental illness, this persistent, painful inability to simply be with someone else. It might be lifelong, or it might descend like a sudden catastrophe, this blankness between ourselves and the rest of the world. The blankness might not even be obvious to others. But on our side of that severed connection, it was hell, a life lived behind glass. The only difference between mild depression and severe schizophrenia was the amount of sound and air that seeped in.” WorldMightSoundSidesDifferencesBehindsHellAirAmountConnectionsMental HealthGlassesDefinitionsPainfulIllnessObviousMental IllnessSevereCatastropheInabilityPersistentLifelongSchizophreniaBlankness Author:Tracy Thompson
