“ The issue becomes not whether a person has experience with a stigma of his own, because he has, but rather how many varieties he has had his own experience with. Erving Goffman
“ Some of the most evil human beings in the world are psychiatrists. Not all psychiatrists. Some psychiatrists are selfless, caring people who really want to help. But the sad truth is that in today's s… Rebecca McNutt
“ You can't fight mental health bias if you label people based on a lists of symptoms and you have no medical degree to diagnose people. We all have crazy running through our blood and so many things tr… Shannon L. Alder
“ Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ If you think people in your life are normal, then you undoubtedly have not spent any time getting to know the abnormal side of them. Shannon L. Alder
“ I had people saying 'it's all in your head'. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way? Sonia Estrada
“ You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle. Julian Seifter
“ Success and failure can both make you lose appetite and concentration, don't let it bother or over-excite you, just think them away as a mere thing that had just happened, and get along with your life… Michael Bassey Johnson
“ It's an unfortunate word, 'depression', because the illness has nothing to do with feeling sad, sadness is on the human palette. Depression is a whole other beast. It's when your old personality has l… Ruby Wax
“ Denial and minimizing is often seen in genuine PTSD and, hence, should be a target of detection and measurement. Harold V. Hall
“ At times I am flabbergasted that my memory is considered false and my alcoholic father's memory is considered rational and sane. Am I not believed because I am a woman? If Peter Freyd were a man who l… Jennifer J. Freyd
