Mentalhealth Quotes

"Not why the addiction but why the pain" "It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour" "The greatest damage done by neglect, trauma, or emotional loss is not the immediate pain they inflict but the long-term distortions they induce in the way a developing child will continue to interpret the world and her situation in it" "At the end of the day, you won't be happy until you love yourself" "We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult" "Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you" "Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy" "Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear" "Addiction is not a choice that anybody makes, it’s a response to pain" "The deepest psychological wounds are hidden from the conscious mind" "Contrary to what is often taught in schools, mental health is not merely about the absence of disease" "The circuitry of addiction runs parallel to the circuitry of love" "We have an epidemic of stresses in the world that keeps people from being who they really are" "Hope is a function of struggle" "If you can't ask for help without self-judgment, you cannot offer help without judging others"