Body Quote by Jed Mercurio

“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 and stigmatizing…

— Patrick W. Corrigan

People get stigmatised for their bodies and for their differences. Then those people become very vulnerable.

— Ezra Furman

Stigma is a process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity.

— Erving Goffman

I think the stigma surrounding mental illness and also the stigma surrounding self-esteem issues or insecurities or just even feeling different is something that…

— Brittany Snow

“Self-stigma can be just a big a problem as the negative attitudes of others.”

— Megan A. Arroll

“When people create stigmas and make judgments, they do so without having any understanding of the issue; in fact, many of these stigmas and…

— Carol Franklin

“Imagine saying to somebody that you have a life-threatening illness, such as cancer, and being told to pull yourself together or get over it.…

— Sally Brampton

“Self-stigma refers to the state in which a person with mental illness has come to internalize the negative attitudes about mental illness and turns…

— Patrick W. Corrigan

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.

— Anonymous

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

— Gail Porter

The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's…

— Matthew Quick

The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people…

— Gary Bauer