When you're anxious, don't immediately trust your automatic thoughts because oftentimes these thoughts are irrational. Thoughts are not facts. They're just thoughts and sometimes don't need to be...

Being a woman, in this world, ultimately makes you crazy.

We all have scars. Just because mine are hidden doesn't make them any less painful.

Always look at the positive side of life.

The reality is that we will continue to hear negative information from many sources. It lies in our will to decide whether to discard them into the waste bin or record them into our brains!

Do not settle for labels that presume you will never heal. Believe in yourself. Find a tribe who understands and believes in you too. Don't ever give up.

For us to move forward, we have to develop the courage to face what is behind... the hurt/pain and unpleasant memories that haunt us in the dark moments. We must hold on to our faith as we step out in...

I see more light than dark, but when I encounter dark I seem to get lost in it.

Just like sweeping the streets, sweep the unnecessary things from your mind too; keep your mind clean!

The heart is resilient and forgiving, it is the mind that causes us stress.

I exist in the paradise of my mind.

Your mind can make you sick, and your mind can heal you.

This is what I'm supposed to be doing this summer. This is how I'm supposed to be passing my days. Figuring out the secret to how she was the most joyful person when she was dying. Because I'm living,...

Don't be afraid of the dark, it's a place where you can hide.

My heart beats so hard, I feel like I have an earthquake inside of me. It's weighing me down and my hands shake with the need of safety and comfort.

Nothing much bothered you for a while and you kept walking like a silhouette through this town, saying hi's and goodbyes, acting polite at all times. But there is no fire in your heart; you are not...

Hope is an anchor for the soul.

I am flagrantly nuts. I can say this because I am a doctor and I know about these things.

I'm not alone, my pain walks with me step by step. Sometimes if I go ahead, it comes fast and catches me; sometimes it waits for me a few steps ahead. What a good friend.

Life is what you think about it.

Everyone has a button for sadness and a button for happiness, your condition depends on which one you push the most.

I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection and suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -...

Illusions can and do create PHYSICAL Disorder within our bodies. So it's most important to master our thoughts, to become cognizant of what we are spending our precious mental energy on each moment of...

As the new year began, Patricia Highsmith felt completely paralyzed, incapable of reading or picking up the phone. 'I can feel my grip loosening on my self,' she wrote. 'It is like strength failing in...

When someone tells me to 'just relax,' I wonder why they don't hand me a book?

Grief is a house where the chairs have forgotten how to hold us, the mirrors how to reflect us, the walls how to contain us. Grief is a house that disappears each time someone knocks at the door or...

I don't think it is a good mental health practice to fantasize that you know the infinite thoughts of imaginary entities.

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit...

Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.

I have learned, that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is: myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself, everyday, whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you...