Illness – Quotes

It’s horrible, horrible, horrible.

It’s horrible, horrible, horrible. It took a year and a half until I found out that I had post-natal depression. Gail Porter

I want to break

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness. Gail Porter

I was diagnosed with

I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment. Gail Devers

There’s a fine line between helping others and being a people pleaser, and mistaking one for the other can be hugely detrimental. When we put others’ needs before our own, we deplete our energy, which can lead to depression, physical illness, and overwhelm. Gabrielle Bernstein

Our parents deserve our

Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up. Ezra Taft Benson

I’ve talked to a

I’ve talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence – the feeling that you’re waiting to become a real person – is quite an interesting thing. You’re seeing all of your friends doing amazing things and you’re just there, in a void, feeling a bit stupid. I wouldn’t be … Read more

Once you are diagnosed

Once you are diagnosed with cancer, time changes. It both speeds up insanely and stops altogether. Eve Ensler

A comedian is simply

A comedian is simply a different kind of therapist. A comedian is a psychologist and a psychiatrist rolled into one. Except I can’t prescribe medicine. (You still need a doctorate, which is bullshit.) Okay, so I’m not like a psychiatrist. Fine. But I’m still like a psychologist (except I can’t diagnose or treat mental illness). … Read more

Illness or pain is

Illness or pain is just an extension of negative emotion. When you are no longer feeling any resistance to it, it’s a non-issue. Esther Hicks

There is no condition

There is no condition that you cannot modify into something more, any more than there is any painting that you can paint and not like and just paint over it again. There are many limiting thoughts in the human environment that make it feel like it is not so, as you have these incurable illnesses, … Read more