Sometimes people get upset when you tell the truth, when you share the facts as science dictates. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Many people feel that if they're lonely, that means that they're not likable or that they're broken in some way. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
For far too many people, the stigma around addiction prevents them from stepping forward for help. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
A lot of people have misconceptions about what the surgeon general does. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Whenever you have large numbers of people who are dying for preventable reasons, that constitutes a public health issue. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I can learn a lot from reading briefing books and talking to experts, but that pales in comparison to what I can… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
In fact, people with mental illness are more likely to be the victims of violence rather than anything else. So it's important… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I'm calling for a cultural change in how we think about addiction. For far too long people have thought about addiction as… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I want to work with faith-based leaders to address the negative attitudes that are still too often associated with mental illness, attitudes… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
There's a tremendous sense of shame that people who are lonely feel. I say that as someone who felt ashamed of being… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think that if we want to create a healthier country, we need to empower more people to make changes in their… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We can't underestimate the power that we have as individuals to provide the support that people need to provide that transition from… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
While there are relatively few extreme introverts or extroverts, most of us lean in one direction or the other. If we lean… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Drug addiction is an incredibly difficult challenge to manage on one's own. When I think of all the stories I've heard from… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
The amount of time it takes to recover from the coronavirus differs widely. Some people will get the virus and have no… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Loneliness is different than isolation and solitude. Loneliness is a subjective feeling where the connections we need are greater than the connections… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
It is true that there are some parents who have concerns about vaccines, but while we hear about these concerns a lot… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Right now we have millions of people in our country who are suffering in isolation, thinking that they are the only ones… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We don't just want to eradicate illness. We want people to achieve their full potential. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Part of the reason people don't talk about their loneliness is that they feel they will be judged for it. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Anchors are those people in your life who remind you of who you are - your values, aspirations, and worth - even… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Unlike many other illnesses, what I find profoundly empowering about addressing loneliness is that the ultimate solution to loneliness lies in each… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I was training in medicine for example, there was a culture in medicine that strong people didn't need sleep, that the… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across the country,… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
We can experience an erosion of self-esteem when we're lonely, as we come to believe that it's because we're not likable or because something… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer. What I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
Addiction is a chronic disease of the brain and it's one that we have to treat the way we would any other chronic illness:… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
I firmly believe that everybody in America needs a safe place to walk or to wheelchair roll. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
