“ Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first. 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
“ I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I ca… Catherine Zeta-Jones
“ 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
“ Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this is plausible because when an individual doesn't fit into the system it causes pai… Theodore J. Kaczynski
“ No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness. Elyn R. Saks
“ To actually accept that you have an eating disorder or a mental health issue is actually a sign of great, great strength. It is not a sign of weakness at all. Nigel Owens
“ Every time you feel like mocking a person you disagree with politically by implying that they are mentally ill, I want you to instead imagine you are talking to every single person who actually is men… Ariel Howland
“ Holding one's self responsible is a critical feature in stigma and in the generation of shame since violation of standards, rules, and goals are insufficient in its elicitation unless responsibility c… Michael Lewis
“ I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life. Jonathan Harnisch
“ Basic misunderstandings about DID encountered in the therapeutic community include the following:° The expectation that all clients with DID will present in a Sybil-like manner, with obvious switching… Deborah Bray Haddock
“ This disease comes with a package: shame. When any other part of your body gets sick, you get sympathy. Ruby Wax
“ Stigmas speak to the idea of difference and how difference shames us and those we know. Michael Lewis
“ Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces. Elyn R. Saks
“ I'll say it again - mental illness is a physical illness. You wouldn't consider going up to someone suffering from Alzheimers to yell, "Come on, get with it, you remember where you left your keys?" Le… Ruby Wax
