Patty Duke

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks. ↗

— Patty Duke

#childhood #district #fantasy #historic #house

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up. ↗

— Patty Duke

#i #neuroses #sure #up #want

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future. ↗

— Patty Duke

#believe #come #date #december #end

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient. ↗

— Patty Duke

#early #go #help #i #message

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle. ↗

— Patty Duke

#depression #evolution #manic #miracle #recovery

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone. ↗

— Patty Duke

#most #practical #seemingly #simplest #someone

The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say. ↗

— Patty Duke

#die #doctor #doctors #dramatic #had

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure. ↗

— Patty Duke

#award #eleanor #eleanor roosevelt #i #received

The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up. ↗

— Patty Duke

#being #driven #eating #everybody #find

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death. ↗

— Patty Duke

#around #attacks #death #i #panic