Carrie Fisher Quotes About Bipolar

Quotes about: Bipolar

• I don't want to be caught ... ashamed of anything. And because generally someone who has bipolar doesn't have just bipolar, they have bipolar, and they have a life and a job and a kid and a hat and parents, so its not your overriding identity, it's just something that you have, but not the only thing - even if it's quite a big thing.

  Carrie Fisher

  Jobs, Kids, Parent

  "The Wit & Wisdom of Carrie Fisher". Interview with Nancy Tobin, www.bphope.com. February 1, 2010.

• Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.

  Carrie Fisher

  Depression, Teacher, Challenges

• I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.

  Carrie Fisher

  Awards, Bipolar, Done

• Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?

  Carrie Fisher

  Awards, Years, Bipolar

  "Wishful Drinking like". Book by Carrie Fisher, December 2, 2008.

• I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic.

  Carrie Fisher

  Bipolar, Being Free, Three

• Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis.

  Carrie Fisher

  Bipolar, Diagnosis, Accepting

• So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought he was trying to get out of treating me. But he was also responding to the chaotic nature of my life.

  Carrie Fisher

  Bipolar, Trying, Ridiculous

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. September 13, 2011.

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