Ariel Gore Quotes

There are a lot of sociopaths running around who are probably our friends, if not us, and we don't know it.

Psychopathy might lurk behind the mask of sanity.

I probably suffered from a narcissistic disorder in some way.

My mother was a terrible narcissist and I could well have turned out like her.

There is no cure for narcissistic personality disorder. If you have a relationship with someone who has it, there will be a certain level of pain built into it. I don't think you can have a close, loving relationship with a narcissist, and I don't think it's possible to be a true narcissist and be a good mother.

Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless.

It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.

There's not a lot of arc in an actual psychopath.

Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home.

People with bipolar disorder have difficulty with boundaries.

People who are bipolar, they kind of latch onto things that are fanatical sometimes.

I am manic and that leads me to behave badly at times.

Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like.

I don't go crazy but I have those spurts.

You know, I am kind of a bi-polarish schitzerphrenic. I run the gamut of being incredibly shy and withdrawn to being a crazy-eccentric exhibitionist. And I have always been like that.

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) cannot be medicated. It is treatable only through therapy. The problem is therapy is rarely sought by the afflicted. It cannot be cured.

I guess you could say I'm a little crazy.

I worked with sociopaths and psychopaths in a mental hospital, and in my opinion, Casey Anthony is not emotionally stable.

Everybody has felt a little sweet but psycho, and I'm sure everybody has been called sweet but psycho.

I don't think it's that difficult to distinguish between people with narcissistic disorders and people with high self-esteem.

My personality is extremely unbalanced.

Depression is 80 per cent of my condition, and 10 per cent is mania, and 10 per cent is what we call normal. I say that must be when I am buying groceries. Or vacuuming.

In true, narcissistic fashion, when my father was diagnosed as a narcissist, he called us all up individually to tell us, and he did it with true pride.

People tend to think I'm funny and fluffy, but I can switch on a sixpence from extreme happiness to utter despair. I'm aware that doesn't make it easy for people sometimes.

I guess I get a little impatient and frustrated when people ask what 'Manic Depression' is about.