Quotes About Mental health

Society puts so much pressure on girls to look a certain way.

People expect you to get golds and it puts so much more pressure on you and if you don't it's like you have let yourself down. It is nerve-racking.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

I've done some meditation stuff like apps on my phone, but sometimes it's just about breathing deeply taking some deep breaths and slowing my mind down and focusing and something simple that can really help quiet my mind.

We want to conquer the world and have 1,000 likes, 1 million likes, but at the same time, we are depressed. We are lonely, but we have 10,000 followers. We are all bipolar.

I definitely get down on myself. I needed to work on my self-talk. The same way you do footwork drills and cardio training, I had to do self-talk training.

I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind.

It may feel like the more you know about depression and the many forms it can take, the more questions you have. That's how I feel.

There are many different forms of bipolar and the way that it expresses itself.

I admire Jodie Foster. Her head is screwed on really well. It's not loose at all.

It's really hard to foster self-love; it really is. I think a lot of people who claim that they do have a definite lack of self-loathing are either lying or just in a place that I don't relate to.

I want to encourage young people to have open and honest conversations with themselves, by doing so we proactively work on ourselves and create safe and caring environments that foster resiliency.

I have fought my own battle with depression, and it was important for me to bring a little awareness about it for others.

I was diagnosed with depression at fourteen, but I couldn't find any medication that did anything for me other than making things worse.

People are fragile. Our brains are fragile and you can only abuse them for so long.

There will be days when I'm frustrated - not depressed, but down.

Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like.

I was very sensitive, so when sensitivity has no place to go, it's often turned into anger or frustration.

Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive.

In late 2011, I watched a documentary by Stephen Fry called 'The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive.' He shared his story of bipolar disorder and depression, and it sounded exactly like me. I just cried.

I think I, like a lot of people, have that type of brain where I find it interesting or fulfilling to worry about something.

Eating disorders are shrouded in secrecy, and there are so many things I felt very ashamed of that I could never talk about. Even though I have fully recovered, there were still things that I needed to go through again and work through.

One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts- just mere thoughts- are as powerful as electric batteries- as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got you in you may never get over it as long as you live.

One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts--just mere thoughts--are as powerful as electric batteries--as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let if stay there after it has got in you may never get over it as long as you live.