Mental Illness

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

Those whom God wishes

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad. Euripides

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

Rachael Leigh Cook was

Rachael Leigh Cook was my leading lady. She was awesome. We loved the show [Perception ]. Again, it was more of a TNT show, because there were crimes that got solved, which [going] back five years ago, was a mandate. But there was something innovative about the mental illness side of it. Eric McCormack

There was not an

There was not an episode [on Perception] that didn’t deal with some form of mental illness, either my own, or I would be the first to notice if a defendant did a certain thing that perhaps he was suffering from this. And so we got to do some really outspoken stuff for what was otherwise … Read more

Mental illness is the

Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like ‘Modern Family,’ but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. Eric McCormack

Most people, if you

Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it’s always in the form of someone homeless. “Look at that guy – he’s crazy. He looks dangerous.” Well, he’s on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home… Eric McCormack

love is a mental

love is a mental illness, an obsessive-compulsive disorder romanticized! Eric Jerome Dickey

I realized that I

I realized that I had granted my illness lordship over me. In viewing my depression as a despot subjecting me to its savage fancies, I was able to escape responsibility, to indulge fully my selfish desire to let my ego flourish unfettered, not obliged to anyone. But this wasn’t freedom. It was a prison-a cell … Read more