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There are lots of people with mental health disabilities, and that's just the way their life is; it's not like you see it in the movies.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Disabilities Health Just Life Like Lots Mental Mental Health Movies People See Way You

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I think almost all manic depressives exhibit some kind of criminal behaviour, even if it's something as minimal as shoplifting, but then they often go on to bigger and better things - in my case, it was fraud.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Almost Almost All Behaviour Better Better Things Bigger Case Criminal Even Exhibit Fraud Go Kind Manic Minimal Often Some Something Then Things Think I Think

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Like most manic depressives, some of my symptoms included racing thoughts that I simply had to act upon - flying from New York to Paris and taking the train to Berlin; flying to Argentina in the middle of the night; spending tens of thousands of dollars on unnecessary garments, dinners and gifts.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Act Argentina Berlin Dinners Dollars Flying Garments Gifts Had Included Like Manic Middle Most New New York Night Paris Racing Simply Some Spending Symptoms Taking Tens Tens Of Thousands Thoughts Thousands Train Unnecessary York

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I counterfeited Mark Kostabi's artworks. During the eighties, Mark didn't paint his own paintings. Instead, he had other artists painting them, and he just added his signature. So what I did was to use some of the same painters, and signed his name myself.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Added Artists Did Eighties Had He His Instead Just Mark Myself Name Other Own Paint Painters Painting Paintings Same Signature Signed Some Them Use

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I couldn't sleep for nights on end, as my brain felt like there were thoughts colliding within it; I obsessed over small details, from saving pennies and polishing each one of them to washing my clothing over and over in the washing machine.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Brain Clothing Details Each Each One End Felt Like Machine Nights Obsessed Over Pennies Saving Sleep Small Them Thoughts Washing Washing Machine Were Within

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I felt like I was the only person on the planet with this 'thing called depression', and I remember being frightened. I was knocked out and dopey, and I cried all of the time.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Being Cried Depression Felt Frightened Knocked Like Only Out Person Planet Remember Thing Time I Remember

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After graduation in June of 1984, I moved to Manhattan. My first stop was a psychiatrist, who in less than our first fifty-minute session again diagnosed me with depression.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: After Again Depression Diagnosed First Graduation June Less Manhattan Me Moved Our Psychiatrist Session Stop Than Who

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In total, I was diagnosed with depression by eight psychotherapists and psychiatrists over a period of thirteen years. Diagnosed wrong. Absolutely wrong. My accurate diagnosis was manic depression, or what we call bipolar disorder today.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Absolutely Accurate Bipolar Call Depression Diagnosed Diagnosis Disorder Eight Manic Over Period Psychiatrists Thirteen Today Total Wrong Years

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Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful - who wouldn't be working twenty hour days? I had everybody fooled with my illness.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Because Convinced Days Efficient Everybody Family Fine Fooled Friends Friends And Family Had Hour Illness Just Productive Successful Twenty Were Who Working

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My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I was Superman.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Day Different Hours Mania Meant Never Staying Superman Time Twenty Up Zone

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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