The Camera My Mother Gave Me Quotes

“On top of the bookcase were several Mexican papier-mâché figures of people with knives stuck through their heads and blood running down their faces...I found these comforting...They looked happy enough that way, and they were a nice metaphor for mental disturbance.”
― Susanna Kaysen, The Camera My Mother Gave Me

“Why I am opposed to antidepressants. Because I think depression has something to tell me. Because often depression is an appropriate reaction.

Because I am terrified of changing the functioning of my brain in any way.

Because I believe depression is "me", and that without it I would not be "me".

Because I can't imagine my life without the time off I get from periodic depression.

These are the typical idiotic reasons people give for not wanting to feel better. So in this respect, I am quite normal.”
― Susanna Kaysen, The Camera My Mother Gave Me

“I always got irritated when he told me he wasn't a doctor. Technically, he was a doctor. Being a doctor is like being a Jew; you can't get away from it.”
― Susanna Kaysen, The Camera My Mother Gave Me