{"author":"Jenny Lawson","author_id":"Jenny+Lawson","total_quotes":33,"quotes":[{"text":"Really, the only people you should be comparing yourself to would be people who make you feel better by comparison. For instance, people who are in comas, because those people have no spoons at all and you don't see anyone judging them. Personally, I always compare myself to Galileo because everyone knows he's fantastic, but he has no spoons at all because he's dead. So technically I'm better than Galileo because all I've done is take a shower and already I've accomplished more than him today.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["humor","mental-illness","spoon-theory"],"id":13421,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"I know that I'm crazy. And that has made all the difference.' From: Furiously Happy: A funny book about horrible things.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["humor","memoir"],"id":39016,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"Which sort of shows why my body is an idiot, because forced narcolepsy is pretty much the worst defense ever.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["anxiety","funny","narcolepsy"],"id":52636,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"[I have] occasional depersonalization disorder, (which makes me feel utterly detached from reality, but in less of a 'this LSD is awesome' kind of way and more of a 'I wonder what my face is doing right now' and 'it sure would be nice to feel emotions again' sort of thing).","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["depersonalization","mental-illness"],"id":61313,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"I sometimes get hassled for using the term 'fat' but I also use the term 'crazy' to describe myself and I'm fine with that because I'm taking those words back. I'm also taking 'sexy' back because, frankly, Justin Timberlake has had it too long and he doesn't even need it.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["humor","self-confidence","self-improvement"],"id":79403,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"Even at age 10, I already knew that I was different from most people. My anxiety disorder was still years from being diagnosed, but it affected me quite deeply. I was too afraid to speak out in class, too nervous to make real friends.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["friends","speak","anxiety "],"id":85134,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"Even when everything's going your way you can still be sad. Or anxious. Or uncomfortably numb. Because you can't always control your brain or your emotions even when things are perfect.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["anxiety","depression","emotions","life","mental-illness"],"id":90918,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"When you come out of the grips of a depression there is an incredible relief, but not one you feel allowed to celebrate. Instead, the feeling of victory is replaced with anxiety that it will happen again, and with shame and vulnerability when you see how your illness affected your family, your work, everything left untouched while you struggled to survive.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["anxiety","depression","mental-illness","recovery","shame","vulnerability"],"id":108291,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"Lady, you have the wrong number. Our cat isn't even in the hospital. He doesn't want pajamas.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["cat","hospital","humor","jenny-lawson","lady","nonsensical","number","pajamas","victor-lawson","wrong"],"id":135227,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"},{"text":"I am furiously happy. It's not a cure for mental illness...It's a weapon, designed to counter it. It's a way to take back some of the joy that's robbed from you when you're crazy.","author":"Jenny Lawson","tags":["depression","furiously-happy"],"id":146393,"author_id":"Jenny+Lawson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":33,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}