Suicide carries in its aftermath a level of confusion and devastation that is, for the most part, beyond description..

The assumption that rigidly rejecting words and phrases that have existed for centuries will have much impact on public attitudes is rather dubious..

It is tempting when looking at the life of anyone who has committed suicide to read into the decision to die a vastly complex web of reasons; and, of….

The ancient dialogue between reason and the senses is almost always more interestingly and passionately resolved in favor of the senses..

Far too many doctors-many of them excellent physicians-commit suicide each year; one recent study concluded that, until quite recently, the United St….

I was late to understand that chaos and intensity are no subsitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. Normal peo….

The pursuit of knowledge is an intoxicant, a lure that scientists and explorers have known from ancient times; indeed, exhilaration in the pursuit of….

But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is decimated, your mortification complete….

I think that when you're depressed, you can't concentrate long enough and well enough to read for the most part; some people can, but by and large pe….

Mother, who has an absolute belief that it is not the cards that one is dealt in life, it is how one plays them, is, by far, the highest card I was d….

The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources lost to a pers….

But, with time, one has encountered many of the monsters, and one is increasingly less terrified of those still to be met..

I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening..

We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this—t….

Who would not want an illness that has among its symptoms elevated and expansive mood, inflated self-esteem, abundance of energy, less need for sleep….

Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts on saving the lives o….

You become aware of an illness by understanding yourself and understanding the meaning that that illness has in your own life, symbolically and, more….

Mood disorders are terribly painful illnesses, and they are isolating illnesses. And they make people feel terrible about themselves when, in fact, t….

Chaos and intensity are no substitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life..

I look back over my shoulder and feel the presence of an intense young girl and then a volatile and disturbed young woman, both with high dreams and ….

No amount of love can cure madness or unblacken one's dark moods. Love can help, it can make the pain more tolerable, but, always, one is beholden to….