My Med Today

“I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because I find them the weirdest of all”
― Johnny Depp

“Just keep moving forward and don't give a sh** about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.”
― Johnny Depp

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ~George Santayana

"If I ever thought that I have lost my freedom to will because of my Madness, I might as well be Euthanized."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness.

"It's not what philosophy can do for you, but what you can do with philosophy to the meaning of your life."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness.

"I only answer to myself. But I will try to answer to others only when I have answered to myself."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness.

"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.'
-Francesca Reigler

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."
-Scott Hamilton

"I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."
-Abraham Lincoln

“Life is opportunity. It is vast endless opportunity. All you must do is recognize the opportunities and actively engage them daily!”
― Brandon A. Trean

"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."
-Confucius

"Hope is like a healing ointment on my wounds and pains. Love restore my soul and empowers my spirit. I will have faith in hope and love."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness.

"I enjoy being kind to people. I love to see the smiles on their faces."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness.

“Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.

Dostoevski said once, "There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings."

These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. It can be said that they were worthy of their sufferings; the way they bore their suffering was a genuine inner achievement.

It is this spiritual freedom- which cannot be taken away- that makes life meaningful and purposeful.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

"The only way to deal with suffering that I know of that will bring life is to suffer bravely."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness.

"After I am done with myself, I know I have done a pretty good job, I suppose."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness.

These statements are in keeping with cognitive-behavioral therapy. I like them, too!

"The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude."
-Dennis S. Brown

“The way you see people is the way you treat them and the way you treat them is what they become.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Who are you? No really. Way, way down deep. Who are you?”
― Doug Dillon

“Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that knew how to stay alive even when the rest of me wanted to die. That something was my tough and tenacious soul.”
― Parker J. Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life

“Always blow your own trumpet, blowing someone else’s is unhygienic”
― Benny Bellamacina

"I want to do something for myself. If I really want to do something meaningful for myself, I will have to spent time with myself."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness; he is depressed.

"I am beginning to see something... a reality. Is it real?
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness; he is depressed. (He sees a life, very much wanting to be alive.)

"I think I found the solution. Just do the opposite of what conventional wisdom is saying... "Don't try be a smart alec. You are over simplifying things," says Thor."
-ChristianDM, On Living with His Madness.