“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
“One thing is to have the protection of human rights for homosexuals and quite something else is this promotion of indecency. It would be immoral and unethical to deny the homosexuals their human rights. But it is also immoral to consider disorders as normal. None of these deviances are biological. They are acquired by fantasizing about them.” HumansWould BeRightsOne ThingNormalHuman RightsDenyProtectionDisorderHomosexualImmoralPromotionUnethicalDeviance Author:Ali Sina
“So it seems that because of every syndrome and disorder we've invented in the past twenty years, the Los Angeles Times reported that 63% of American families are now considered dysfunctional. My God! That means we're the majority. We're normal! It's the people who have the mommy, the daddy, the brother, the sister, the little white picket fence - those people are the freaks, man!” PeopleMenYearsMeanLittlesSeemsPastWhiteBrotherNormalTwentiesMajorityLos AngelesDisorderFreakFenceDaddySyndromesAmerican FamilyPicket Fences Author:Christopher Titus
“We can't use the word normal anymore because it's sort of come to be politically incorrect, because normal implies a classification, and categorizations, and exclusions, and so forth. So neurotypical is the word that we now have to use for what I call normal behavior. Neurotypical behaviors are those kinds of behaviors within the range of usual human conduct that do not rise to the level of a disorder.” HumansKindUseLevelsBehaviorNormalRangeDisorderUsualExclusionClassificationCategorization Author:Darold Treffert
“One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with conditions crippling enough to prevent them living normal lives.” PeopleWellsEnoughPainSufferingConditionsNormalAnxietySixWorriedDisorderFierceSevereNormal LifeMental PainAnxiety Disorder Author:Polly Toynbee