“Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.”

On Balance

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

I'm asking friends, government, that we need help in our community. I have relatives that have attempted to take their own lives ... cousins, friends.

When out of all the poets who received the Pulitzer -- the prize awarded to those who made the biggest contributions to the human spirit -- 38 percent of them were bipolar, how can we simply label it a human disorder? Think how much more they could contribute to the human spirit if they knew it could be used as a gift to humanity, instead of something to hide from humanity?

It has not been easy, for any mother of a child with mental illness, or all the siblings.

The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was. They [should be] treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights. Gender needs to be taught about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year…Fix society. Please.

[He] told the officer he was Jesus Christ and he was going to kill Boehner, because Boehner was mean to him at the country club, and because Boehner is responsible for Ebola.

Almost impossible to believe that Tom Coburn's last sentient act in the Senate is blocking a bipartisan veterans suicide bill. Sleep Well, Senator.