I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution – they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.
For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet… and hoped that they would go away.
The response from the beginning has been really, really wonderful and positive. People have always really responded to me talking about mental health.
The worlds in which man is evolving as he treads the circle of births and deaths are three: the physical world, the astral or intermediate world, the mental or heavenly world.
One of my key mental fitness tips is to make sure you are aware of your target and develop a strategy – a routine that you can depend on while in the race. This is a crucial part of mental fitness and preparation.
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.
All my life, I had this idea that if I could unravel the mystery that was my mother, then I could help save her. But it didn’t really work. We were close, but she struggled with mental illness and alcoholism, and it was rough at times.
I’m either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.
When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure.
