“There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul.”
“Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.”
“Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent ”
“Mental illness didn’t really change people. It just made them more of who they were going to be anyway. Mental illness was less like obliteration, more like italics.”
“Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, not lifestyle choices.”
“Psychiatrist David Shainberg argued that mental illness, which appears chaotic, is actually the reverse. Mental illness occurs when images of the self become rigid and closed, restricting an open creative response to the world.”