“Self-stigma can be just a big a problem as the negative attitudes of others.” — Megan A. Arroll Copy Share Image
It's so important that we figure out a way of moving beyond the stigma that still exists around treatment for mental health. — Tina Smith Copy Share Image
“When you have a defect, some people try not to see it only as a defect, but as your entire identity.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Women should feel happy with their bodies and not live with the stigma that comes from not looking like models in fashion… — Shakira Copy Share Image
I believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it. — Mauro Ranallo Copy Share Image
“Bad enough to be ill, but to feel compelled to deny the very thing that, in its worst and most active state,… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get… — Jay Ellis Copy Share Image
When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma. — Jennifer Holliday Copy Share Image
“the media coverage of the ‘opiate epidemic’ as driven by pill pushing-doctors and by pain patients worries me a lot, and I… — Anita Gupta Copy Share Image
I don't want there to always be this stigma of the "female" artist. "Oh, what does it feel like to be a… — Willow Smith Copy Share Image
Growing up in the '70s and '80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Success and failure can both make you lose appetite and concentration, don't let it bother or over-excite you, just think them away… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
When I first started, you could go to a college campus and it was not cool to wear a country artist's shirt… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
I paved the way for a lot of white artists now that don’t have to deal with the stigma of being a… — Jon B Copy Share Image
There isa stigma associated with incontinence, so many people never mention it to their doctors or seek treatment. In reality, fecal incontinence… — Brad Davis Copy Share Image
I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,'… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I have friends of mine who have died of AIDS and many of those friends...did not tell me until the very end...because… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
On one level, going bust didn't bother me. It was the 80s, and there wasn't the stigma about bankruptcy that you might… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
I think the stigma surrounding mental illness and also the stigma surrounding self-esteem issues or insecurities or just even feeling different is… — Brittany Snow Copy Share Image
Just take the negro child. Take the white child. The white child, although it has not committed any of the per -… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
So often we give God a partial obedience. We do not dare to disobey, but we do not care to obey fully.… — Ebenezer Erskine Copy Share Image
LeBron james came, and he gets $10 million a year. There was no stigma or blemish, like you have with one-and-done. Now… — Sonny Vaccaro Copy Share Image
I spent the past week here in India getting a sense of the reality of HIV and AIDS in people's lives. Fathers… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
“They are not brave, the days when we are twenty-one. They are full of little cowardices, little fears without foundation, and one… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
“Survivors are damaged to different degrees by their experiences. This does not depend on what happened physically. A Survivor who has been… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“Attitude Is Everything We live in a culture that is blind to betrayal and intolerant of emotional pain. In New Age crowds… — Sandra Lee Dennis Copy Share Image
“Imagine you’re diagnosed with epilepsy: what would you think if you weren’t referred to a specialist but taken to a psychiatrist to… — Tanya Marlow Copy Share Image
“Abstaining from sex, hitting the books, and wearing loose-fitting clothes are common ways that girls try to molt their "slutty" image. But… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“Despite the growing clinical and research interest in dissociative symptoms and disorders, it is also true that the substantial prevalence rates for… — Paul H Blaney Copy Share Image
“People ask, How did you get in there? What they really want to know is if they are likely to end up… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“When you come out of the grips of a depression there is an incredible relief, but not one you feel allowed to… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Here I want to stress that perception of losing one’s mind is based on culturally derived and socially ingrained stereotypes as to… — Erving Goffman Copy Share Image
