Mental illnesses

Math teacher: Use the ratio test if you can expect to cancel out many many factors, like a happy schizophrenic child flailing his factor-canceling-crowbar.

Philippines

Girl: I really like playing with grass…also, I think I'm going to crazy one day.

John Mayer Concert
Holmdel, New Jersey

College guy #1: I think racism is just really bad OCD!
College guy #2: Haha, yeah!

University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fashionable girl to singing man on bicycle: Excuse me, are you mentally ill or just musically inclined?

Düsseldorf
Germany

Overheard by: Anja Schwalm

Student: So, the only way they won't kick me out of college is if I was diagnosed with a mental problem. Do you think I can pull off bipolar?

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Obese middle-aged tourist to husband: I called him and told him we're at passenger pick-up 2. He called and asked where we'd be, and I said passenger pick-up 2, that's where he can find us. It's just easier to find us when he gets here. Passenger pick-up 2. And it's cold. That's why I brought this vest. I brought this vest in case it got cold, and it got cold. I'm going to button it up. Did you hear me? I'm going to button it up. There, it's buttoned. (husband ignores her)

Newark Airport, New Jersey

Overheard by: EthanK

Dude: I may be bipolar, but she’s fucking crazy!

650 NE Holladay Street
Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Too Many Papercuts

Little girl to mom: This ice cream is screwing with my mind.

McDonald’s
Dayton, Ohio

Overheard by: heather

Girl #1: You're retarded.
Girl #2: Yeah, me too.

San Diego, California

Behavioral therapist, in very serious voice, to child with autism about animal crackers: Jason, put the elephant in your mouth!
Child's mother, laughing: How often do you honestly get to say that?

St. John's
Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: aba therapist