Quotes About Mental health

The root of the problem I have is anxiety, and it's all derived from something - I'm just going to say it, some kind of sadness. It manifests in so many different ways and it affects people differently.

We cannot allow those with mental illness or record of hate or violence access guns and terrorize this country.

I don't think we have a right to enjoy our neuroses; in fact, I believe that we have a duty not to. But we cannot walk away from ourselves. Who else is there to become?

The problem for many people is that we cannot point to the underlying biological bases of most psychiatric disorders. In fact, we are nowhere near understanding them as well as we understand disorders of the liver or the heart.

People with a mental illness aren't mentally weak. In fact, many of them are incredibly strong. And just like everyone else, they possess the ability to create positive change in their lives.

There's nothing wrong or weak about seeking a therapist. I have a therapist.

It's a big theme throughout my music to just embrace everything about your own mind and to always feel powerful. It's not just a feminine thing, but for men, too, whether they feel weak, or strong or crazy or reclusive. I want everyone to feel powerful no matter what little beasts they have in their head.

That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.

I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a nervous breakdown' or 'She's not very mentally stable, just a weak, frail little creature.'

Having a mental illness does not mean you're weak or can't handle life. You can have a mental illness and deal with it and still be a powerful, confident woman.

I felt like, honestly, seeing a therapist was kind of weak. But it helps. It helps a whole lot, because it allows you to decompress and restart.

All our lives... we are after this race of being slim or fat. I think the only classification should be if we are healthy or weak.

For several years I had no idea that I had become anorexic. And I'd be at places with people I cared about, but what I was thinking about was how much extra grease was on the pizza or the calories that I knew was in that shake.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

The implication that depressed people are fundamentally irresponsible is a deeply damaging and counterproductive one. Winston Churchill was a depressive. He didn't just fly planes; he was in charge of the Royal Air Force.

Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.

If I don't feel like I'm doing the job well, and I don't know how to get there, or I'm too scared, or whatever, I'm not a happy guy and I'm not pleasant. I'm not pleasant to be around.

Please hear this: There are not 'schizophrenics.' There are people with schizophrenia.

There were plenty of times before I did stand-up where I needed counselling, but I didn't go because it would have meant I was officially ill.

Then, in high school, I had a kind of mental breakdown; I didn't want to go to school anymore. It felt pointless. It was around the same time that I became really interested in music.

I do have anger management issues. Not clinical. Probably no more than most people.

I was living alone, so I'd get quite lonely and running became a way to combat my loneliness and de-stress.

I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.

I think I'm working on being a lot more positive in my everyday life because I realize comments and things can hurt.