"With mental illness the trick is to not take your feelings so seriously; youâ€™re zooming in and zooming away from things that go from being too important to being not important at all."

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Source : Mark Vonnegut, M.D. (2010). “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir”, p.124, Delacorte Press

Mark Vonnegut

#Feelings Quotes #Important Quotes #Mental Illness Quotes

“Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.”

Source : "The singer who disappeared" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. January 12, 2005.
“Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the 70s.”
“Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing.”
“I realized that the secret to golf isn't how low you shoot when it's going good, it's how to make your bad rounds better.”
“Pain sure does bring out the best in people, doesn't it?”
“Life is a dance between making it happen and letting it happen.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 17, 2016
“At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.”
“What you don't realize as a kid is that if your parents are always going to be there for you, they aren't going to be somewhere else doing exciting and glamorous things.”

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