Quotes About Mental health

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.

The right place for a person suffering a mental health crisis is a bed, not a police cell. And the right people to look after them are medically trained professionals, not police officers.

It's nothing to be ashamed of and that there are even beneficial traits associated with the condition. Most importantly, acknowledge yourself for who you are and if you're struggling with anything resembling ADD get professionally diagnosed.

I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.

I always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.

The more she uses her voice to boss the Worry Monster back, the more she, in turn, builds up that voice, as well as her confidence and the neuroplasticity in her strong, smart brain.

the ones who've done their own emotional work are best equipped to support their kids emotionally.

We need to help them express those feelings so that they don't all spill out as worry.

Humor is the only way to overcome depression

The definition of mantra is "that which protects the mind.

go. If you can't sleep at night, perhaps your body can't get your attention during the day.

I call your head a bad neighborhood because your head is full of a lot of babbling, conflicting information; most of it not yours, and most of it really bad.

The wounds you can't see are the worst.

Psychoanalysis is the transformation of hysterical misery into common unhappiness.

We must be trained to clarify minds, heal broken hearts, and create homes where sunshine will make an environment in which mental and spiritual health may be nurtured. Our schooling must not only teach us how to bridge the Niagara River gorge, or the Golden Gate, but must teach us how to bridge the deep gaps of misunderstanding and hate and discord in the world.

Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not other, it is your own mind.

Thoughts are like the clouds in the sky – clouds are not the sky. Like that thoughts come and go from you. Good thoughts, bad thoughts, so what? You say, "I am not this," let them come and go. By doing a little meditation, this becomes very clear to you. It is an experience.

The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.

If you are not a psychiatrist, stay away from idiots. They are too stupid to pay a layman for his company.

Maia Szalavitz, author of Unbroken Brain: Why Addiction is a Learning Disorder and What to Do About It; neuroscience

Depression is the price we pay for our imagination and intelligence.

Because if I smashed anything, Team Jaiden would just get me into a behavior modification program, or maybe some doctor would put be on drugs for my ADD or bipolarism or depression or whatever they're calling being alive and feeling royally screwed these days.

She felt that if she had to spend another year of interesting, congenial work during the days, and sensitive, cultured, intelligent talk in the evenings, she would go mad or die.

The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.