Mental Suffering Quotes

“Mental suffering is an inferno started, and kept burning, by thinking; and its smoke sometimes leaves one crying.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative.”
― Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist

“Was it that he had lived too long in his mind and was tired of the scenery?”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

“Normalising and neglecting “mental suffering” has become a norm of our normal society. Shattered soul— a misfit, sadistic, lonely, depressed—is thrown into dark, chaotic dungeons to keep the society safe and sane. Isn’t it ironical? The normal society, which labels you as an abnormal—shamelessly discredits you, alienates you—exiles you—destroys your “self”—splits it into a labyrinth of “selves”—curses you with a specific self for specific space— leaves no choice for the helpless you, except the never-ending struggle. I think—when an individual has physical illness, we provide required medical care, if we don’t, we are “inhumane, cruel and apathetic”. Isn’t it “inhumane, cruel and apathetic”, if we neglect and normalise the mental breakdown of another individual, and just shrug it off!
Think, Think, Think. When did you stop thinking? Why did you stop thinking? What made you stop thinking? How blessed you’re that your mind is at “peace”!
When I started this never-ending and ever-troubling over-thinking? Why I can’t stop over-thinking? What has catalysed this over-thinking? Isn’t it a curse that my mind is never at peace!”
― Renuka Goria

“Je crois connaître assez la souffrance physique, mais c'est le pire de tout, de sentir son âme mourir.”
― Marceline Loridan-Ivens, L'Amour après