“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
“The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society.” HumansWellsMayDoeHas BeensRealPoliticalSufferingFoundPoliticsVoiceExistenceStruggleNormalRelationAbsolutesVictimIllnessMental IllnessHopelessSymptomsNeuroticAbnormalHuman Voice Author:Aldous Huxley
“Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.” PeopleWayGivingNormalDiedExtraordinaryCancerIllnessAidsPublicityHivHiv AidsWorld Aids DayAids Day Author:Nelson Mandela
“It is merely an accident of history that it is considered normal in our society to believe that the Creator of the universe can hear your thoughts while it is demonstrative of mental illness to believe that he is communicating with you by having the rain tap in Morse code on your bedroom window.” BelieveUniverseNormalRainWindowAtheistIllnessCommunicateCreatorAccidentsMental IllnessCodeOur SocietyBedroomMorse Code Book:The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
“Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an illness at all. Often, it can be a normal reaction to abnormal situations. Poverty, unemployment, and the loss of loved ones can make people depressed, and these social and situational causes of depression cannot be changed by drugs.” PeopleMaySocialCausesLossBrainSituationPovertyChangedDrugNormalIllnessReactionsChemicalsLoved OnesUnemploymentMedicationAbnormalImbalanceLoss Of A Loved One Author:Irving Kirsch