The more anxious, isolated and time-deprived we are, the more likely we are to turn to paid personal services. To finance these extra services, we work longer hours. This leaves less time to spend...

I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less...

It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change and deny our emotions - especially the ones that shake us at our very core, like hurt, jealousy,...

Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and...

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.

Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.

Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

The darkest experiences in a human being's life allow that person to either go deeper and stay depressed or get the strength to stand up stronger than ever, and that's my case.

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. It's ironic because millions of people who swim as their regular exercise love the meditation aspect of it you don't wind up with any orthopedic...

I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life.

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

Mama: But something might happen. Something that might change everything. Who knows what it might be, but it might be worth waiting for! {Jessie doesn't respond.} Try if for two more weeks. Jessie:...

The relatives of a suicide always take it in bad part that he did not remain alive out of consideration for the family dignity.

The incurable ills are the imaginary ills

A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

If you can't help it don't think about it.

Sometimes I didn't think the world was worth it. Saving. Sometimes I didn't think I was worth it either.

With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to convince people of things they don't want to know.

He doesn't even like me. I let the thought roll around in my head. Anything I feel during that time gets shoved into the vault with the ten-foot-thick door slamming as soon as it goes in, just in case...

When things go wrong, just do your best to make it through the day and you'll be okay in a short time.

I think happy thoughts and feel happy things and I do not let myself near the swirling black edges of the hole that is my soul when I look at them.

I'll be fine. I'm always fine.

Share, share, share your experience, feelings, anxiety.

Don't walk in my head with your dirty feet.

If your mental health is sound, then when disturbances come, you will have some distress but quickly recover.

Balancing time you spend with or without people is crucial for mental health.

Veeva should count her blessings. Three years ago it was cocaine and a year ago it was crack and lemme tell you, that stuff you got to have. You do anything for that high. He laughed again, savoring...

It's probably weird to think about an addiction like it's a sentient being, but that's how it feels. Like it's something living inside you. Something you can't get rid of because killing it means...

I almost wish I had cancer. Then I'd either beat it or die from it. But my disease, even if successfully treated, will never go away. And it might not kill me. But it will hang over me like the blade...

An addict and a non-addict don't think the same - their brains are wired completely differently. Only an addict can help another addict through recovery.