Accountability
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
—ALBERT ELLIS
Understanding
“If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.”
—Kurt Lewin
Hopelessness
“We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.”
—John Green
Shame
“Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all. “
—Bill Clinton
Overcoming Stigma
“Mental health clinicians need to address the issue of stigma, which is so often attached to mental illness. They need to support efforts to prevent mental ill health and promote health, wellness and resilience. Clinicians need to support the rights of people with mental illness and enable them to participate meaningfully in society.”
—Nicholas Procter, Helen Hamer, Denise McGarry, Terry Froggatt, & Rhonda Wilson,
Societal struggles
“Not surprisingly, there has been a mismatch between the enormous impact of mental illness and addiction on the public’s health and our society’s limited commitment to addressing these problems.”
—John Campo
Self-Identification
“All stress, anxiety, depression, is caused when we ignore who we are, and start living to please others.”
—Paulo Coelho
Challenging Stigma
“Things not to say to someone with mental illness: Ignore it. Forget about it. Fight it. You are better than this. You are over thinking.”
—Nitya Prakash
Stigma
“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
Hope
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”
—John Green