“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Mental health care is not optional, it’s foundational to how we live, love, and lead.” — Wayne Chirisa 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
“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
“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
“Your mind deserves the same attention, rest, and nourishment you give your body, perhaps even more.” — Wayne Chirisa 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
“Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Having DID is, for many people, a very lonely thing. If this book reaches some people whose experiences resonate with mine and… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“My therapist told me that I over-analyze everything. I explained to him that he only thinks this because of his unhappy relationship… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Mental wellness isn’t a destination, it’s a lifelong dialogue between awareness and self-kindness.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“While a psychiatric diagnosis can serve a purpose in treatment plans, it should not become a tool to discredit a person's disclosure… — Lee Ann Hoff 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
“You don’t have to be in crisis to deserve support, mental health thrives in prevention, not reaction.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“Those with dissociative disorders face a big enough battle living as multiples and dealing with past trauma. Like everyone else, they deserve… — Carol Broad 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 is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of strength in managing it.” — Wayne Chirisa 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
