“They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me.” — Nathaniel Lee Copy Share Image
“The stigma of mental illness is first and foremost a social justice issue!” — Patrick W. Corrigan Copy Share Image
“Acknowledging your mental health is not weakness; it’s wisdom wrapped in courage.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“I had people saying 'it's all in your head'. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way?” — Sonia Estrada Copy Share Image
“My body is not my enemy. It just overreacts to things sometimes and that's actually OK.” — Maggy van Eijk Copy Share Image
“Mental health care is not optional, it’s foundational to how we live, love, and lead.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“Your mind deserves the same attention, rest, and nourishment you give your body, perhaps even more.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“The history of hysteria is a history of the relation between the colonizing father and the colonized devalued other.” — Judith L. Alpert Copy Share Image
“Never stand in the way of letting God use people’s actions, in order to solve a greater issue in the world.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“As special as it is to listen to your friends argue over whether or not you have a mental illness,I'm starting to… — Kendare Blake Copy Share Image
“Healing begins when we stop hiding pain and start honoring it with compassion and care.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“Black men are also notorious for posing as cool and above-it-all instead of expressing joy and happiness. This is one of the… — Jor-El Caraballo Copy Share Image
“Self-stigma refers to the state in which a person with mental illness has come to internalize the negative attitudes about mental illness… — Patrick W. Corrigan Copy Share Image
“In reviewing his own moral career, the stigmatized individual may single out and retrospectively elaborate experiences which serve for him to account… — Erving Goffman Copy Share Image
“At the base of whatever form of mood swing are individual experiences, the gradual or complete focus on issues that we have… — Precious Avwunuma Emodamori Copy Share Image
“self-stigma is not a person's fault; nor is it a part of the person's illness! If the public did not hold negative… — Patrick W. Corrigan Copy Share Image
“In the same way that the women's movement of the seventies and eighties brought rape and incest into public consciousness, we can… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“In my community, mental health isn't taken seriously enough. Therapy is replaced by prayer. Tears are a sign of weakness. When you… — Frida R Copy Share Image
“Mental illness" is among the most stigmatized of categories.' People are ashamed of being mentally ill. They fear disclosing their condition to… — Elyn R. Saks Copy Share Image
“There needs to be a nationwide awareness programme for all NHS staff, to educate them about dissociative disorders. Diagnoses need to be… — carol broad Copy Share Image
“Disclosures of childhood sexual abuse have frequently been discredited through the diagnosis of hysteria. In this view, women/female children were seen either… — Judith L. Alpert Copy Share Image
“Somehow the disorder hooks into all kinds of fears and insecurities in many clinicians. The flamboyance of the multiple, her intelligence and… — Lynn I. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Lionel said as much to me once, how so many of the same people who are quick to empathize with physical disabilities… — Brandy Colbert 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
“Thinking - thinking real hard. My grandmother knew when I was down. She knew what to do She would encourage me to… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“You do not need to be temperamental or upset to be a novelist. Don’t embrace the tortured artist rhetoric that any life… — Bryant A. Loney Copy Share Image
“I'll say it again - mental illness is a physical illness. You wouldn't consider going up to someone suffering from Alzheimers to… — Ruby Wax Copy Share Image
“We must understand that those who experience abuse as children, and particularly those who experience incest, almost invariably suffer from a profound… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“Janna knew - Rikki knew — and I knew, too — that becoming Dr Cameron West wouldn't make me feel a damn… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“Basic misunderstandings about DID encountered in the therapeutic community include the following: ° The expectation that all clients with DID will present… — Deborah Bray Haddock Copy Share Image
“I believe the perception of what people think about DID is I might be crazy, unstable, and low functioning. After my diagnosis,… — Esmay T. Parker 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
“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
“I’ve found that it’s of some help to think of one’s moods and feelings about the world as being similar to weather.… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Too often the survivor is seen by [himself or] herself and others as "nuts," "crazy," or "weird." Unless her responses are understood… — Diane Langberg Copy Share Image
“To actually accept that you have an eating disorder or a mental health issue is actually a sign of great, great strength.… — Nigel Owens Copy Share Image
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