Ken Dodd Quotes

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression. It was becoming worse. And I was being treated for it with anti-depressants.

During my breakdown, many things, tiny things I had not even registered before, had begun to torment me with guilt. I used to steal Splenda from Starbucks. I would go into a Starbucks whenever I needed the sweetener and would take a fistful of packets, even when I didn't buy a coffee.

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.

I purge compulsively. I'm constantly shedding things.

I have ADHD. I'll admit it.

I've got an addictive personality.

I'm not a doctor, but I would assume that anything that you're doing that's harming you, and you can't stop doing it, is a sign of mental illness.

I used to have a gambling problem.

It's anxiety that led to a depression that I've been dealing with since I was 16, 17. That was the first time I was ever prescribed medication for either of those disorders I guess you would call it.

I realized that I had a serious problem with depression, and I went to a doctor and he gave me some medication.

When I lose a big pot, I go a little crazy.

It takes a lot to stop myself scrambling around and reading the news.

Unfortunately, with addiction, there's manipulation and deception.

Addiction is a disease like anything else. It's like cancer, like heart disease, like diabetes.

Service members are more likely to have PTSD, but it's common in the general population as well.

Well, addiction does start with a choice.

Everyone becomes psychotic in his or her own ways.

You want to be a good person, don't you, Pat?' I nod. I cry. I do want to be a good person, I really do. 'I'm going to up your meds,' Dr. Patel tells me. 'You might feel a little sluggish, but it should help to curb your violent outbursts. You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.

I looked into [Prozac]. I must say that it is certainly a wonder drug.

I'm too measured and controlling - about everything. That's why I take Lexapro. It's for OCD. I don't feel like I'm struggling with it. I think OCD is a part of me that protects me. It's also the part of me that I use in my job, in a positive way.

The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.

The portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder and things like that felt really big and important.

A schizophrenic war is not an easy thing to deal with.

Oh, and I certainly don't suffer from schizophrenia. I quite enjoy it. And so do I.

There is no such thing as an ex-exhibitionist.