... and Lynn is dead inside, like a corpse. She Instagrams methodically, clinically, as if she's gathering evidence for defense, like her entire life is dedicated to proving that she has a life.

That's the thing about anxiety: It's a real time suck.

The one who can smile without an outer reason is a mental case for many, but the one who cannot 'needs mental therapy!

A day came when I should have died, and after that nothing seemed very important, so I stayed as I am, without regret separated from the normal human condition.

He made my mom call and tell Maureen I wouldn't be in to see her anymore. He said therapy is a waste of money. He also told her to upgrade the cable service and to order him a subscription to Military...

Fear and focus are the only two things standing between you and staying positive.

Mindfulness allows you to face the past with courage, whether it is scarred with pain or caressed with joy, and it gently holds you in the safe haven of the present without allowing you to become...

Girls like you can't understand, Julia said, and it was true. Ellie had been popular. She didn't know that some hurts were like a once-broken bone. In the right weather, they could ache for a...

Smile even when you're going through some hard times.

The most comfortable place for a tired mind is in the lap of a book.

People seem to overlook an old man losing his mind if he occasionally made light of it.

I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself.

There is seldom any rational reason for having regrets about past deeds or events. Because the past does not exist in any other way than in your memory. When you recognize this lack of reality, you...

Hello? Do you see me? I'm working as creatively as possible and you want more and more and I'm out of juice and if you send me one more email I'm going to walk into the ocean and swallow water.

When your emotions are in motion, take a break and ponder!

That boy never seemed to smile and he wore long sleeves year-round, and I was not so different from him - we were both unable to get near the real life in life.

"Up and down' is Irish for anything at all - - from crying into the dishes to full - blown psychosis. Though, now that I think about, a psychotic is more usually 'not quite herself'."

I felt a lunatic's laugh welling up inside me.

It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read, I need protection from the things in my head . . .

Hell is the impossibility of reason.

Wow, when your guidance counselor tells you to die, you really have problems.

My head's swimming. Sorry, sis. I'm a useless brother. You're best off shot of me. - Burt

Sometimes therapy takes years and years, and sometimes it can happen in one miraculous instant, a lifetime of doubt and self - hatred healed in a moment of astounding love.

We all are striving for something every minute of the day, whether we realize it or not.

We're all suicides. The tragedy is every day that we don't die.

A bind is when you're quadriplegic, suicidal about that and unable to persuade your best friend to murder you.

Suicide does help; it helps make you realize that people care about you and they need you in life.

To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.

Suicide is not a choice, it is what is left when everything else fails.

HC: You think I shall be different tomorrow? {about suicide}...