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"I think a lot about the silence around mental illness at the time- she certainly wasn't in any treatment, no diagnosis of any kind- just a seemingly normal teen who occasionally got into trouble"
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“I used to think of mental illness as taboo for a very long time until my personal experience changed that perception for good.”
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“There was no path before me at one time and I had to carve out one for myself.”
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“With or without mental illness, I am a human being."
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“Do not run away from us when we are sick. It is when we need you most.”
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“These diseases are treatable and there is life after mental illness!”
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“I’m only human. I wish people could see this!”
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“My story could be anybody’s story. Do not discriminate against people with mental illness.”
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“I have only one wish, to go to school. I want to go to school and be a normal kid!”
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"I want to go home and resume my normal life.”
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“I got to a point where I did not want to see anyone in front of me"
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"I do not see this as a struggle, it is more so a challenge of spiritual growth."
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"I’m trying to learn to live in the “now” because tomorrow isn’t always certain."
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"I have mental illness, and it is ok. I'm ok.”
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"That my personality would be classed as borderline and therefore I would often fall either side of that border. Happy. Sad. Never 'okay'."
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"Some days I feel like a normal person, but is rare. I feel pressured all the time."
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"I’m still learning how to manage my mental illness at the age of 51 and still alive!"
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"that it’s a feeling of emptiness, a feeling of nothing, where you want to be ‘home’ even when you are."
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"Nothing was wrong in my life. I was just sad."
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