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One of the reasons the doctors gave for hospitalizing me against my will was that I was 'gravely disabled.' To support this view, they wrote in my chart that I was unable to do my Yale Law School homework. I wondered what that meant about much of the rest of New Haven.
— Elyn Saks
Tags: rest, support, school, me

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Please hear this: There are not 'schizophrenics.' There are people with schizophrenia.
— Elyn Saks
Tags: please, hear, people
The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare.
— Elyn Saks
Tags: schizophrenia, much, say, like, mind
Some people say I'm unique, that there aren't other people with schizophrenia like me. Well, there are people like me out there, but the stigma is so great that they don't come forward.
— Elyn Saks
Tags: unique, people, great, me
My experience is that when one is in psychosis, you're on a mission and nothing is going to stop you. At some level your brain is telling you you probably shouldn't be doing this, but you're on a mission.
— Elyn Saks
Tags: stop, brain, experience, you
Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness.
— Elyn Saks
Tags: powerful, problems, mind, best
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