"Instead of heading for a big mental breakdown, I decided to have a small breakdown every Tuesday evening."
- Graham Parke
"I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs...."
- Criss Jami
"It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they mean to you."
- Michael Bassey Johnson
"Sometimes, breaking down is the bravest thing you can do."
- Vironika Tugaleva
"I lay there for three whole days, totally paralyzed. My friends helped me to the bathroom and anywhere else I needed to move; but I have very vague impressions of those days because it was a time of c..."
- Diet Eman
"I admit to being prone to deep thinking, which – given that I’m emerging from dark times – can take me to some very sombre or profound places. But this is no bad thing. I always resurface wiser and wi..."
- Fennel Hudson
"You are constantly told in depression that your judgment is compromised, but a part of depression is that it touches cognition. That you are having a breakdown does not mean that your life isn't a mes..."
- Andrew Solomon
"And I know, knew for sure, with an absolute certainty, that this is rock bottom, this what the worst possible thing feels like. It is not some grand, wretched emotional breakdown. It is, in fact, so v..."
- Elizabeth Wurtzel
"I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up."
"If you think that your partner has been cheating, then take a look at their will. If a past lover is in there, then it is probable that some form of infidelity has occurred."
- Steven Magee