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Jun 18, 2012 at 07:35 AM
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“Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.”
― Mark Vonnegut, The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity |
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Jun 18, 2012 at 09:02 AM
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This is a great quote. Do you relate to it?
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Jun 18, 2012 at 09:37 AM
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Jun 18, 2012 at 09:44 AM
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Exactly. I've never found "acknowledging" I was "crazy" to be one bit helpful. I am very sorry if you are having problematic symptoms right now.
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Jun 18, 2012 at 10:44 AM
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If I were a slightly more malicious person, I would mail this on a postcard to every psychiatrist I could find.
 Brilliant.
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Jun 18, 2012 at 11:46 AM
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he is definitely a success story. He is also known for saying this: at the very last page of his book, Mark states : "It means nothing to anyone, unless you recover." |
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Jun 19, 2012 at 10:07 AM
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I need to print this quote out and frame it. I need it in my life.
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Jun 19, 2012 at 02:58 PM
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"None of us are entirely well, and none of us are irrevocably sick. At my best I have islands of being sick entirely. At my worst I had islands of being well. Except for a reluctance to give up on myself there isn't anything I can claim credit for that helped me recover from my breaks. Even that doesn't count. You either have or don't have a reluctance to give up on yourself. It helps a lot if others don't give up on you." -- Mark Vonnegut, Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir, quoted in an Amazon.com review.
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Jun 19, 2012 at 03:06 PM
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"It's possible within any given moment of any given day to choose between self and sickness. Rarely are there big heroic choices that will settle matters once and for all. The smallest positive step is probably the right one." -- Mark Vonnegut, Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir, quoted in an Amazon.com review.
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