Mental Health Awareness Quotes

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“Therapy is nothing but an education in yourself; an opportunity to elevate the way you live your life. I'd recommend therapy to anyone, not just someone who lives with mental illness.”
Shaheen Bhatt, I've never been (Un)happier

David Poses
“I didn’t want to be sad, but I didn’t know why I was sad or how not to be sad or how to talk about it. I was broken. I felt broken. My body ached. My stomach hurt. I couldn’t sleep. Nothing was pleasurable. Every morning, I woke up knowing I’d failed before my feet hit the ground. At night, I’d lie in bed and wish for a terminal disease.”
David Poses, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery

Avijeet Das
“You must watch and observe your friends and family around you. Offer love and support to those who may suffer from acute depression. Depression is one of the most common mental disorders affecting approximately 350 million people all over the world. No person can ever be immune to this mental problem. I have suffered from depression in my life. So, I know the signs pretty well.

Approximately one in four women and one in ten men suffer from depression in their lifetime. We need to help and support those who may need it the most”
Avijeet Das, Why the Silhouette?

Don Walin
“The drugs kicked in immediately, and I felt the effects of the heavy sedatives very quickly. I tried to fight them off, but they took a very strong hold over my mind and body. That’s the last thing I remember for three days.”
Don Walin, The Crazy Golf Pro: My Journey with Bipolar Disorder

Dan Pearce
“Do you know what's cheaper than therapy? Admitting you're batshit crazy and running with it.”
Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One

Niedria D. Kenny
“I did not trap myself inside my walls this time. I've torn down the walls that trapped me from exiting. This time, I put up a protective wall to keep you out instead. You cannot enter. I am inside, in a private, exclusive and intimate therapy session. So yes, there is a wall. But this time it's effectively serving its purpose”
Niedria D. Kenny

Christine Bergsma
“Did you know that people with mental illness can have strong mental health? More often than not, mental illness and mental health are used interchangeably, however they do not mean the same thing! Every person has mental health, but not every person will have a mental illness. Mental health is the ability to adapt to change, be resilient in difficult circumstances and live a full and passionate life. Mental illness on the other hand is diagnosed by a professional (psychologist etc.) and require a well-managed plan, therapy and occasionally medication. Mental health is improved by journaling, yoga, exercise, healthy boundaries, good diet and active self-care!”
Christine Bergsma, Alignment Journal: Self-love, acceptance and personal growth

“The effect of neglecting your mental health trickles down to everything else in your life.”
Skylar Sustin

Wiss Auguste
“Our dreams and nightmares are kept apart by this thin line of sanity. Some of us are just fortunate that we only cross that line in our sleep.”
Wiss Auguste

Germany Kent
“Your mental wellbeing should be one of the most important cares in your life.”
Germany Kent

Don Walin
“I was really into this caddying job and on a natural high. Unbeknownst to me, I was showing symptoms of mental illness for the first time. I didn’t have a clue that I was
becoming progressively more manic as the day went along.”
Don Walin, The Crazy Golf Pro: My Journey with Bipolar Disorder

Don Walin
“Being behind bars is a degrading and humiliating experience. And I deserved to be there. I had to pay the consequences for driving drunk and causing an accident. In the end, I got off really lucky.”
Don Walin, The Crazy Golf Pro: My Journey with Bipolar Disorder

James Hauenstein
“Everyone needs to toot their own horn every now and then for their own self esteem. Choosing the right audience is the key”
James Hauenstein

“Your personal kryptonite is that person, place, or thing that drains your energy mentally, physically, emotionally, or spiritually. Are you cognizant of who or what triggers your sense of balance?”
Raiysa Nazaire

“Catch thoughts early on to ask how they serve you, instead of you habitually serving them.”
Raiysa Nazaire

“Mental Health /Depression Prayer


Dear Lord, we are haunted by so many things. Everything is a possible next threat, and we are our potential first suspect as the drivers of our minds. The bodies we survive in cannot shield us anymore. We are Naked, exposed! Even the will to survive is a possible next threat.
God grant us your healing.”
Chinonye J. Chidolue

“Mental health awareness serves not to only highlight mental illness, but to educate and seek support from all levels of society to combat global social issues on mental health.”
Wayne Chirisa

“While the people of Mandeville knew about the racism in North America at the time, they weren’t living that reality in Mandeville, by any means. He was happy there.”
Patricia Lavoie, Audley Enough: A Portrait of Triumph and Recovery in the Face of Mania and Depression

“Excited with this new adventure, he arrived at the Toronto airport, experiencing snow for the first time . . . nothing but white snow all around him. He says that he didn’t even feel the cold because of his excitement.
Unfortunately, it didn’t take long before his eyes were opened to another cold reality…the snow wasn’t the only “white” surrounding him. It was the first time in his life that he felt the divisive impact of racism.”
Patricia Lavoie, Audley Enough: A Portrait of Triumph and Recovery in the Face of Mania and Depression

“There it was . . . yet another label to attach to Audley’s identity—mad man, as he called himself.”
Patricia Lavoie, Audley Enough: A Portrait of Triumph and Recovery in the Face of Mania and Depression

“I was fascinated to learn from him just what a “mad” manic state was like from his point of view. He described it as a state of exhilaration; extreme high energy; racing thoughts; exaggerated self-confidence where there are no boundaries; and, a feeling of immortality. As Audley says, “You feel dangerously good.”
Patricia Lavoie, Audley Enough: A Portrait of Triumph and Recovery in the Face of Mania and Depression

“AUDLEY says that “when you see the devastating effect of mania and depression on your family over time, you realize that you have to get it under control.”
Patricia Lavoie, Audley Enough: A Portrait of Triumph and Recovery in the Face of Mania and Depression

Bassey Ikpi
“I'm angry at them for taking so long to get here and then for forgetting that I'm not a case study, that I'm more than the medical charts they cling to like needy children clinging to their parents.”
Bassey Ikpi, I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays