137 Disorder Quotes for You to Enjoy

I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage. Fiona Apple

Morning Three Recycling Down Garbage Lying Way Worst Out Bad Would Would-Be Threw Alley Uncomfortable Had Knew Wrong Wrong Way Like House Because Leave Go Roll Just Really Disorder Bin Compelled

Dementia is, after all, a symptom of organic brain damage. It is a condition, a disorder of the central nervous system, brought about in my case by a viral assault on brain tissue. When the assault wiped out certain intellectual processes, it also affected emotional processes. Floyd Skloot

Nervous Organic Viral Symptom System Out Nervous System Brought About Case Emotional Wiped Dementia Also Affected Condition Brain Brain Damage Intellectual After Tissue Central Processes Certain Disorder Assault Damage

I have permanent damage to my facial nerves. I went to the UCLA Movement Disorder Clinic, and after two years of tests and constant monitoring they have finally found the right medication that keeps the spasms under control. Gabrielle Carteris

Control Finally Constant Nerves Facial Permanent Clinic Years Tests Movement After Disorder Found Keeps Right Monitoring Medication Damage Two

The precariatised mind is one without anchors, flitting from subject to subject, in the extreme suffering from attention deficit disorder. But it is also nomadic in its dealings with other people. Guy Standing

Suffering People Mind Other Deficit Extreme Anchors Attention Attention Deficit Nomadic Also Without Subject Disorder Flitting

I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form. Harold Ramis

War Me History Peace Experience School Thought Down Every Incredible Side Kicked Enterprise Kind Physical Had Checked Practical Officer Get Candidate Human Want Form Wanting Psychological Then Really Disorder Even Medical Thing Applied Drafted

Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repetitive behaviors and by some kind of focal attention in its classic form. Basically, it's an inability to relate to others. Harvey V. Fineberg

Autism Relate Others Severe Focal Characterized Kind Classic Some Attention Withdrawal Repetitive Behaviors Form Inability Social Disorder Basically

Journalists are in the same madly rocking boat as diplomats and statesmen. Like them, when the Cold War ended, they looked for a new world order and found a new world disorder. If making and conducting foreign policy in today's turbulent environment is difficult, so is practicing journalism. Henry Grunwald

Today War World Difficult Cold Cold War Statesmen Madly Diplomats Environment Journalism Journalists New Like Looked Policy Practicing Making Foreign Foreign Policy Rocking Conducting Ended Same New World Order Turbulent Them Boat Disorder Found World Order

The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. Ike Skelton

Knowledge Treat Research Cold Detect Rarest Prevent Disability Genetic New New Knowledge Goal Disease Common Acquire Disorder Help

It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some developing personal problems within the band. Jack Irons

Time Anxiety Problems Band Battles Some About Touring Developing Within Were Lot Began Beginnings Personal Experiencing Disorder

I'm in favor of destruction, aggression, hating things. Not bearing things anymore. We think the breakdown comes because our life is in bad shape. But maybe the ideas cause the disorder. Something tries to break through and causes the disorder. James Hillman

Life Destruction Cause Think Our Favor Bad Tries Hating Something Bearing Through Shape Ideas Because Causes Maybe Anymore Break Breakdown Aggression Disorder Things

I think a lot of things will be self-correcting, even in America. After all, human societies are essentially self-organizing emergent systems. The catch is, how much disorder will we have to endure while this re-self-organizing process occurs. James Howard Kunstler

When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing a little bit about a lot of things, I didn't suffer the misconception that depression was all in my head or a mark of poor character. I knew it was a disease, and, like all diseases, was treatable. Jane Pauley

Depression Character Journalist Year Bipolar Mark Bit About Misconception Head Knew Like Knowing Diagnosed Lot Shock Disease Diseases Little Little Bit Poor Turned Disorder Certainly Suffer Things

I realized that I had an eating disorder in which I controlled myself to a point that I would not let myself enjoy what I wanted to eat or eat what I needed to eat, all to stay a certain size. Jeannie Mai

Myself Enjoy Would Stay Eat Eating Point Had Controlled Size Wanted Which Realized Certain Disorder Needed

One can envisage taking cells from a patient with sickle-cell anaemia or an inherited blood disorder and using the Cas9 system to fix the underlying genetic cause of the disease by putting those cells back into the patient and allowing them to make copies of themselves to support the patient's blood. Jennifer Doudna

Cause Patient Back Those System Allowing Support Taking Putting Genetic Envisage Make Underlying Blood Fix Disease Cells Them Themselves Disorder Inherited Using Copies

Even at age 10, I already knew that I was different from most people. My anxiety disorder was still years from being diagnosed, but it affected me quite deeply. I was too afraid to speak out in class, too nervous to make real friends. Jenny Lawson

Me Class Age People Anxiety Speak Nervous Too Out Knew Most Make Diagnosed Real Still Affected Years Real Friends Friends Quite Afraid Being Different Disorder Even Deeply

I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me. Jeremy Miller

Best Me Deficit Classroom Attention Attention Deficit Sitting Disorder Thing

My dad was in the Second World War with General Patton. He won medals for bravery, but he came home quite damaged, so he was a handful. He told us some terrible stories, and I guess you'd say he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Jerry Hall

War Home You World Stress Guess Say Some General He Terrible Came Handful Won Quite Bravery Stories Patton Us Disorder Dad Medals Suffered Second World War Damaged Second World War

Where wages command labor, as in the non-slaveholding States, there necessarily takes place between labor and capital a conflict, which leads, in process of time, to disorder, anarchy, and revolution if not counteracted by some appropriate and strong constitutional provision. Such is not the case in the slaveholding States. John C. Calhoun

Time Conflict Strong Revolution Appropriate Anarchy States Some Constitutional Case Takes Between Leads Wages Command Provision Labor Where Process Place Which Capital Disorder Necessarily

Where terrorists offer injustice, disorder and destruction, the United States and its allies stand for freedom, fairness, equality, hope, and opportunity. John O. Brennan

Hope Freedom Injustice Equality Destruction Opportunity States Allies Fairness Terrorists Offer Where Stand Disorder United United States

Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with childhood bipolar disorder in the U.S. Jon Ronson

You Sometimes Tyranny Labeling Bipolar Other Once Only Leads Like Occasions Labeled Childhood Disorder Useful Treated

And I think that it's - the military has actually made improvements, so people are considering post-traumatic stress disorder as, at the least, a possible psychological problem. You know, when I was in Vietnam, it was just considered malingering. And we're making progress. Karl Marlantes

You People Problem Progress Stress Made Military Think Considered Considering Possible Know Making Least Just Psychological Vietnam Disorder Actually

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