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Wednesday is normally book review day here on MH@H, but the current batch of books I'm reading to review aren't being released until October, so I thought I'd bring you some quotes instead of a review this week. Acceptance is something I've worked a lot on in terms of my mental illness life, so here… Continue reading Some Quotes on Acceptance
I'll start with a bit of a disclaimer and say that I didn't do any searching to verify these quotes, and internet quotes are notoriously unreliable, so these people may or may not have said the things that I'm telling you they said. Regardless of who said what, I think these words are relevant to… Continue reading A Collection of Quotes and Thoughts on Mental Illness
Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay This post was inspired by MIchelle of From Famine to Feast, who recently posted this quote that didn't come from Benjamin Franklin, no matter what the internet might think (although I like it anyway): "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." Here are a few more… Continue reading Quotes That We All Get Wrong
Over the last three years (wow, has it been that long?), I've read and reviewed a lot of books. Here are a few quotes that stood out for me. No One Cares About Crazy People In No One Cares About Crazy People, Ron Powers intertwines a sweeping history of mental illness stigma with the stories… Continue reading Interesting Book Quotes from Past Reviews
disneyclips.com These first few quotes in the post full o' quotes are from Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh's eternally pessimistic friend. When I was young, I had Winnie the Pooh wallpaper, and Eeyore was my favourite. Signs of things to come, perhaps... No brain at all, some of them, only grey fluff that’s blown into their… Continue reading Quotes Galore: Eeyore and More
Sometimes it's nice to have a visual reminder of our own strength and resilience