People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that’s true. But I don’t feel guilty. Andy Behrman Read Quote
In my most psychotic stages, I imagine myself chewing on sidewalks and bulging and swallowing sunlight and clouds. Andy Behrman Read Quote
My eating habits are the only behaviour of mine that are still manic. I can’t walk by a restaurant, a bakery, an ice-cream store or a candy store without making a purchase; the amount of calories I take in today are at least five times as many as I took before starting on all of this medication. Andy Behrman Read Quote
Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been for me, but nonetheless, it’s difficult to deal with. Many get themselves into debt that can take years to clear up, write bad cheques, shoplift and borrow huge amounts from family and friends. Andy Behrman Read Quote
My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I was Superman. Andy Behrman Read Quote
The guilt I felt for having a mental illness was horrible. I prayed for a broken bone that would heal in six weeks. But that never happened. I was cursed with an illness that nobody could see and nobody knew much about. Andy Behrman Read Quote
My manic depression was ravaging my life, but because nobody could see it, many people thought it was a figment of my imagination. Andy Behrman Read Quote
Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful – who wouldn’t be working twenty hour days? I had everybody fooled with my illness. Andy Behrman Read Quote
In total, I was diagnosed with depression by eight psychotherapists and psychiatrists over a period of thirteen years. Diagnosed wrong. Absolutely wrong. My accurate diagnosis was manic depression, or what we call bipolar disorder today. Andy Behrman Read Quote
I felt like I was the only person on the planet with this ‘thing called depression’, and I remember being frightened. I was knocked out and dopey, and I cried all of the time. Andy Behrman Read Quote
